PLANTS Profile for Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum (rough cocklebur)

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Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist
rough cocklebur

Symbol:

XASTG

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

Xanthium americanum

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 346. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

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Synonyms:
Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

	XAAM2	Xanthium americanum Walter
	XACA5	Xanthium calvum Millsp. & Sherff
	XACH	Xanthium chasei Fernald
	XACH2	Xanthium chinense Mill.
	XACU	Xanthium curvescens Millsp. & Sherff
	XACY	Xanthium cylindraceum Millsp. & Sherff
	XAEC2	Xanthium echinellum Greene
	XAGL3	Xanthium globosum Shull
	XAIN	Xanthium inflexum Mack. & Bush
	XAMAG	Xanthium macrocarpum DC. var. glabratum DC.
	XAOC	Xanthium occidentale Bertol.
	XAOR	Xanthium orientale L.
	XASTW	Xanthium strumarium L. var. wootonii (Cockerell) M. Peck
	XASTW2	Xanthium strumarium L. var. wootonii (Cockerell) W.C. Martin & C.R. Hutchins
	XAWO	Xanthium wootonii Cockerell

Distribution:
Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist


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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (BC, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 3 species in Xanthium, 3 varieties in Xanthium strumarium L.

Classification:
Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Xanthium L. – cocklebur
Species	Xanthium strumarium L. – rough cocklebur
Variety	Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist – rough cocklebur

Noxious Weed Information:
Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

The related entity italicized and indented above is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arkansas:
Xanthium
cocklebur		Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

Xanthium
cocklebur
Xanthium strumarium
cocklebur
common cocklebur
rough cocklebur

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WSWS		Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

Xanthium strumarium:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC+

FAC

FAC-

FAC

FAC+

UPL

FACU

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More Accounts and Images:
Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

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View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530873.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronquist

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