Xanthium strumarium L.

Rough Cocklebur

Synonyms: Xanthium canadense, Xanthium echinatum, Xanthium glanduliferum, Xanthium italicum, Xanthium oviforme, Xanthium pensylvanicum, Xanthium speciosum, Xanthium americanum, Xanthium chasei, Xanthium chinense, Xanthium curvescens, Xanthium cylindraceum, Xanthium echinellum, Xanthium globosum, Xanthium inflexum, Xanthium orientale

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Xanthium

Species: Xanthium strumarium

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FAC

PHOTOS OF Xanthium strumarium