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COCKLEBUR [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Compositae. ... Xanthium, Cocklebur, Clotbur ... The present treatment of Xanthium in Canada must be regarded as tentative. According to Arthur Cronquist ... "The determination of species of Xanthium has become a formidable task, undertaken by many botanists only when it becomes unavoidable and then with serious misgivings."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Composées. [...] Plantes herbacées annuelles, rugueuses ou épineuses, monoïques. Feuilles alternes. Capitules staminés fasciculés au bout des rameaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seed Plants (Spermatophyta)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

This plant is a member of the rose family [Rosaceae]. It has thin terminal racemes of numerous yellow flowers, five-petaled and rose-like, which eventually mature into little round burrs. The basal leaves resemble somewhat the shape of mustard greens, and are hairy and pinnate. The stem is between 2-3 feet tall and has smaller, irregular leaves that are usually three-parted.

OBS

Native of Eurasia, this plant was formerly used in folk-medicine and as a source of a golden yellow dye.

Key term(s)
  • church-steeples
  • cocklebur

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plantes à graines (Spermatophyta)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Rosaceae.

OBS

[...] plante vivace dont la tige herbacée, cylindrique, dressée, velue et simple peut atteindre 40 à 50 centimètres. Les feuilles, alternes, sont très découpées, à folioles lancéolées, profondement dentées, d'un vert cendré dessous et velues sur les deux faces. Les fleurs [sont] jaunes, groupées en épi terminal [...] Le fruit, membraneux, est renfermé par le calice.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Plantas con semilla (Spermatophyta)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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