Common Cocklebur, Rough Cocklebur
(Xanthium strumarium L.)
Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
▲ ▼ seedlings
▲ ▼ young plants
▲ mature plant
▲ leaf
▲ young inflorescences
▲ speckled stems
▲ mature inflorescences
▲ fruit
Cocklebur:
· native american, warm-season, summer annual broadleaf weed in Aster Family
· has much branched, rough-textured stem, 1-3' tall
· has large, triangular, lobed/toothed leaves
· produces bur-like inflorescence and fruit which sticks to anything passing by when ripe
· major agronomic weed; prefers fertile, well-drained soils
· can be a green manure crop, if tilled under before seed set
· similar to velvetleaf in crop damage potential