Rough Cocklebur

Xanthium strumarium

Xanthium strumarium 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.

Scientific name

Xanthium strumarium

Family

Asteraceae