Xanthium strumarium

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Xanthium

Xanthium strumarium

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Xanthium
Species:	strumarium

Binomial name

Xanthium strumarium
L., 1753

Subspecies

Xanthium strumarium canadense
Xanthium strumarium glabratum
Xanthium strumarium strumarium

Xanthium strumarium (syn. X. canadense, X. chinense, X. glabratum, Rough Cocklebur, Clotbur, Common Cocklebur, Large Cocklebur, Woolgarie Bur) is a plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. North America, extensively naturalized elsewhere.