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common cocklebur
Xanthium orientale
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
rough cockleburXanthium strumarium
Beach CockleburXanthium echinatum
MarshelderEuphrosyne xanthiifolia
jimsonweedDatura stramonium
spiny cockleburXanthium spinosum
castor beanRicinus communis
Common SunflowerHelianthus annuus
greater plantainPlantago major
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 10,675 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 9,325 |
| Russia | 2,648 |
| Ukraine | 819 |
| California | 595 |
| Mexico | 471 |
| Italy | 424 |
| Krasnodar Krai | 378 |
| Belgorod Oblast | 235 |
| Arizona | 228 |
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
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | Cockleburs · Xanthium |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise common cocklebur with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.