OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Xanthium spinosum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthium spinosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Xanthium spinosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Xanthium spinosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Xanthium spinosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-03-001:

Xanthium spinosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Acanthoxanthium spinosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Spiny Cocklebur


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Xanthium spinosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthium spinosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xanthium spinosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Xanthium spinosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Xanthium spinosum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-03-001:
Xanthium spinosum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acanthoxanthium spinosum

 

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2462

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Fields, disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America, apparently

Waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf axils with yellow 3-forked spines 1-3cm long

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Greenish-brown
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

 

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