Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia and some ...
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Xanthium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia and some parts of south Asia. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Xanthium
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Xanthium; L.
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Asterales
Tribe: Heliantheae
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Stems erect, branched. Leaves cauline; mostly alternate (proximal 2–6 sometimes opposite); petiolate; blades lanceolate, linear, ovate, rounded-deltate, or ...
1. Stems spineless; leaf blades ± cordate, mostly about 1-2 times as long as their petioles. X. strumarium.
The origins of spiny cocklebur is not resolved. It may be introduced everywhere north of South America, or it may be native in much of its northern hemisphere ...
The poisoning is characterized by bluish-purple or pink pigment in mucous membranes, teeth, elastic tissues, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, bones, and hair.
Xanthium strumarium is an annual that produces a conspicuous prickly 'cocklebur' and ranges from 0.5-6.5 ft. (0.2-2 m) in height. The relatively large, linear ...
Xanthium spinosum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by many common names, including spiny cocklebur, prickly burweed and Bathurst ...
Cocklebur is a summer annual weed in the daisy family that is native to Europe and has naturalized elsewhere. They grow 2-4 feet tall and prefer moist to wet ...
It has small, green unisexual flowers occurring in separate clusters at the end of the branches and main stem. The fruit is a brown, hard, woody bur from 0.4 to ...
XANTHIUM STRUMARIUM is a common annual weed spread by water, humans, or other animals. Its origin is still being debated, but cocklebur may be a native ...