Cocklebur
மருளூமத்தைചുഴലിപാറകംআগরা
Xanthium strumarium L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 91 cm
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Also called Rough cocklebur, Spiny cockleburr, Canada cockleburr, Cockle bur, Kikania
Formerly Xanthium abyssinicum, Xanthium antiquorum, Xanthium arenarium, Xanthium brasilicum, and 6 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SC. & S. Europe to China and Indo-China, Taiwan, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Purple, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Chinese
- 胭木, 蒙古苍耳, 苍耳
- Simplified Chinese
- 苍耳, 粘头婆, 苍耳子
- Czech
- řepeň durkoman
- German
- Gemeine Spitzklette, Gewöhnliche Spitzklette
- Finnish
- vaaleasappiruoho
- French
- lampourde glouteron
- Dutch
- late stekelnoot, Late stekelnoot
- Tamil
- மருளூமத்தை, மரு ஊமத்தை
- Bangla
- আগরা
- Malayalam
- ചുഴലിപാറകം, അരിഷ്ട
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Xanthium strumarium (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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