Plants Profile for Acanthospermum hispidum (hispid starbur)

General Information
Symbol:	ACHI
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asteraceae
Duration:	Annual Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN I HI I L48 I PR N VI N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family
Genus	Acanthospermum Schrank – starbur
Species	Acanthospermum hispidum DC. – hispid starbur

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Acanthospermum hispidum bristly starbur hispid starburr This plant 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.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status