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spiny cocklebur
Xanthium spinosum
Xanthium spinosum
spiny cocklebur Aster Family
Xanthium spinosum Asteraceae
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common name
  spiny cocklebur
accepted scientific name
  •Xanthium spinosum L.
rules for finding collection records
  Xanthium spinosum (991)
family name
  • Asteraceae
Image Author: ©2006 Patrick Alexander
Image License: Author's permission
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is about 0.2 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed 3rd week of April thru end of November

Plant Showiness (36%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Riparian
Grassland
Forest
Native Plant Status
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native Native
native Not Present

Invasive in some regions.