Delaware Wildflowers • Scientific names
Xanthium strumarium
(Xanthium echinatum)
Rough CockleburAsteraceae — Aster family
Native
Rehoboth Beach
September 2017
Brown staminate flower heads above, with a pistillate head below and developing fruit to the right.
Rehoboth BeachSeptember 2019
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Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.