*Xanthium spinosum Linnaeus. Common name: Spiny Cocklebur. Phenology: Jul-Nov. Habitat: Fields, disturbed ground. Distribution: Apparently native of South America.
Origin/Endemic status: South America
Synonymy ⓘ: = GrPl, Il, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tx, Va, WV; = Acanthoxanthium spinosum (L.) Fourr. – S; = Xanthium spinosum L. var. spinosum – Löve & Dansereau (1959); < Xanthium spinosum L. – C, FNA21, K1, K3, K4, SE1; > Xanthium spinosum L. var. inerme Bel – F; > Xanthium spinosum L. var. spinosum – F
Links to other floras: < Xanthium spinosum - FNA21
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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native range: Central America & South America