ON THIS PLANT
Xanthium strumarium is a species of annual plants in the flowering plant 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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Xanthium
- Family
- Asteraceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Stinging Cocklebur
