Xanthium strumarium

Xanthium strumarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Xanthium
Species:
X. strumarium
Binomial name
Xanthium strumarium
Synonyms
List
    • Xanthium abyssinicum Wallr.
    • Xanthium antiquorum Wallr.
    • Xanthium arenarium Lasch
    • Xanthium brasilicum Vell.
    • Xanthium inaequilaterum DC.
    • Xanthium indicum J.Koenig ex Roxb.
    • Xanthium japonicum Widder
    • Xanthium macrocarpum DC.
    • Xanthium mongolicum Kitag.
    • Xanthium natalense Widder
    • Xanthium pungens var. globuliforme C.Shull
    • Xanthium sibiricum Patrin ex Widder

Xanthium strumarium (rough cocklebur, Noogoora burr, clotbur, common cocklebur, large cocklebur, woolgarie bur) is a species of annual plants of the family Asteraceae. Some sources claim it originates in southern Europe and Asia, but has been extensively naturalized elsewhere. Others, such as the Flora of China and Flora of North America, state it originates in the Americas but was an early introduction to Eurasia.

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