Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xanthium orientale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Oriental Cocklebur is readily identified by its 3 cm long (or so), elliptical, dark brown fruits that are beset with hooked prickles. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthium strumarium var. canadense
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Xanthium strumarium
INCLUDED WITHIN How many names for a beloved genus? -- Coalescent-based species delimitation in Xanthium (Asteraceae) (Tomasello, 2018)
Xanthium orientale
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Xanthium strumarium
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Xanthium strumarium var. canadense
COMMON NAME:
Oriental Cocklebur
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xanthium orientale
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xanthium strumarium var. canadense
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Xanthium strumarium
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How many names for a beloved genus? -- Coalescent-based species delimitation in Xanthium (Asteraceae) (Tomasello, 2018)
Xanthium orientale
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Xanthium strumarium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Xanthium strumarium var. canadense