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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Xanthium strumarium L.
Common cocklebur

Family: Asteraceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Annual

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: North America; widely naturalized outside of its natural range.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

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Synonyms: Xanthium chinense, Xanthium occidentale.

Other data on Xanthium strumarium available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants