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 (common names: Clotbur, Common Cocklebur, Large Cocklebur, Rough Cocklebur. Synonyms X. canadense, X. chinense, X. glabratum) is a plant belonging to the Asteraceae family. North America, extensively naturalized elsewhere.