Spiny Cocklebur

Spiny Cocklebur

(Xanthium spinosum L.)

Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

seedling ▲

young plant ▲

mature plant ▲

flowering/fruiting stem ▲

Spiny Cocklebur: (not in Weeds of the Great Plains; pp. 166-167, Weeds of the Northeast)

has elongated, shiny, lobed leaves (like an oak leaf) with bright white veins
has 3 long spines at each node
fruit is like common cocklebur, but without two pointed “beaks" at tip of common cocklebur “bur"
is found in localized areas in row crops