What is a Rough Cocklebur plant?

These are a very green plant which is contains the leaves and seeds in branches and roots. Cocklebur is a species of annual plants of the family Asteraceae.Some source claim it originates Europe and Asia, but has been extensively naturalized elsewhere.


Rough Cocklebur plants produce seeds of two types. Each bur contains two seeds, with the smaller one often pushed upwards towards the beaked end of the fruit. The lower seeds has a shorter dormant period and germinates first.

Appearance Rough Cocklebur is in annual that produces a conspicuous prickly. Ecological threat rough cocklebur is found throughout the United States and as. Fruit an elliptic to egg shaped two chambered bur 0.5 to 1.5 cm in long.

A genus of coarse and rough or spiny herbs having small heads of greenish flowers of which the pistillate enclosed in an involved becomes a burr covered with hooked bristles see cocklebur.


What is a scientific name of Rough Cocklebur plant?

Scientific name: Xanthium strumarium

Family: Asteraceae

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Asterales.

What is used for Rough Cocklebur plant?

It is used to dispel wind and damp, and is one of the most important herbs used for sinus congestion, chronic nasal obstruction and discharges, and respiratory allergies.

In West Xanthium is employed as an analgesic to relieve aches and pains, and headaches associates with nasal congestion and sinusitis.

A genus of coarse and rough or spiny herbs having small heads of greenish flowers of which the pistillate enclosed in an involucre becomes a burr covered with hooked bristles.