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Xanthium strumarium
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species of plant
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*Xanthium strumarium* is a species of herbaceous plant within the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus *Xanthium* and is classified under the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is also known by the common names rough cocklebur, Burweed, and Gewöhnliche Spitzklette. Its taxonomic authority is cited as L., and it has the synonym *Xanthium sibiricum*.
The plant produces fruit in the form of an achene. It has been used for dye, fiber, fodder, and insecticide. The taxon range includes North America, Europe, China, and Shanghai. Occurrence records are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, FA-UAS, UAZ, FZ-UACH, and DCBS-DICTUS-USON, with records from Canada and Mexico.
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Species
Burweed
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Xanthium strumarium Xanthium strumarium - Muséum de Toulouse Xanthium strumarium L., la lampourde glouteron ou lampourde commune, est une plante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Astéracées. Cette espèce se retrouve en Europe, Asie occidentale, Sibérie, Inde, Afrique septentrionale, Amérique[1]. Sommaire 1 Description 1.1 Appareil végétatif 1.2 Appareil reproducteur 1.3 Caractéristiques 1.4 Confusion possible 2 Biologie et écologie 3 Habitat et distribution 4 Espèce envahissante 4.1 Mesures d'éradication 5 Adventice des cultures 5.1 Usages 6 Notes et références 7 Liens externes Description Appareil végétatif Tige Feuille Le Lampourde glouteron est une plante annuelle de haute taille, à tige dressée et ramifiée et à grandes feuilles triangulaires. La tige, pubescente, rugueuse et marquée de taches violacées, mesure jusqu'à 1,5 m de hauteur. Les feuilles, également pubescentes et rudes, sont alternes sur la tige et ont un pourtour denté ou lobé. Appareil reproducteur Fleurs Fruits Les fleurs sont petites, vertes et peu évidentes. Le fruit est une capsule ovale, brune et ligneuse, qui est recouverte d'épines et terminée par deux becs forts et recourbés . Chaque capsule renferme norm
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8,813
- With media
- 6,141
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, FA-UAS, UAZ, FZ-UACH, DCBS-DICTUS-USON, ENCB-IPN
- Recorded in
- Canada, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- herbaceous plant
- Parent taxon
- Xanthium
- Image
- Xanthium strumarium-1.JPG
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Xanthium strumarium
- taxon common name
- kikania
- has fruit type
- achene
- taxon synonym
- Xanthium sibiricum
- short name
- X. strumarium
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- PAEnflowered taxon URL
- www.paenflowered.org/apgii/asterales/asteraceae/xanthium/xanthium-strumarium
- Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL
- naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/speciesdescr.cfm?genus=Xanthium&species=strumarium
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Xanthium strumarium (rough cocklebur, Noogoora burr, clotbur, common cocklebur, large cocklebur, woolgarie bur, Siberian cocklebur) 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.
Reproductive biology
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