Xanthium strumarium
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Photos Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Line Drawing, USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database |
| Botanical name: | Xanthium strumarium |
| Common name: | rough cocklebur |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 8"'-60" |
| Foliage: | rough leaves oval, round or kidney shaped, alternate, up to or equal to 6", often 3 to 5 lobed |
| Flower & Fruit: | greenish heads in axilary clusters; covered with prickles in fruit |
| Flowering time: | summer |
| Habitat: | fields, weedy places, beaches |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |