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Beach Cocklebur

Xanthium echinatum

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mercevalli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

12 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 3, February 3, March 3, April 6, May 10, June 3, July 3, August 4, September 5, October 6, November 3, December 3.
United States100
New Jersey52
Massachusetts11
Delaware10
Maryland10
Rhode Island4
Pennsylvania3
Idaho3
Spain3
Cataluña/Catalunya3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusCockleburs · Xanthium

Sources

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Practise Beach Cocklebur with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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