Summary ⁷

Xanthium strumarium (commonly known as rough cocklebur, clotbur, common cocklebur, large cocklebur, and woolgarie bur) is an annual plant in the aster family. The plant likely originated in North America and has since been introduced and naturalized elsewhere. It has been used in traditional medicine in China and South Asia.

Botanical Information ⁸

Rough Cocklebur, also known as Xanthium strumarium, is invasive to the Bosque. Its phylum is Asteridae, its class is magnoliophyta, its order is asterales, its family is asteraceae, its genus is xanthium L, its species is Xanthium Strumarium. It is a flowering plant. This plant grows in all of the U.S. and parts of Canada. It is green and yellow and has circular flowers and burrs that catch on clothes.

Ecological Information ⁹

Its favorite habitat is beach and other sandy and disturbed areas. Animals should not eat this plant.

Ethnobotanical Information ⁹

It's not edible but does have medicinal properties such as improving appetite.

References ⁸

plants.usda.gov
www.addl.purdue.edu
natureconservation.com

About the Author ⁹

Student author(s)*: Johnny and Alan (age 13) from South Valley Academy

*The entries in this field guide have been edited by Yerba Mansa Project staff to ensure that they contain quality, fact-checked content and standardized formatting.

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1. (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/starr-environmental/24322520423/
2. (c) Dinesh Valke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/91314344@N00/2958242609
3. (c) José María Escolano, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/valdelobos/5075016218/
4. (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/26754339838/
5. (c) Forest and Kim Starr, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/starr-environmental/24074275973/
6. (c) Harry Rose, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/macleaygrassman/31219440415/
7. Adapted by caseynm from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthium_strumarium
8. Adapted by smiller33 from a work by (c) kristen_himm, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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