Flower heads and fruit; Camposancos, A Guarda, Galicia, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Camposancos, A Guarda, Galicia, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Camposancos, A Guarda, Galicia, Spain; 8/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1799 Date of entry: 13.09.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2599)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)
Order: Asterales (219)
Family: Asteraceae (218)(family description)
Genus: Xanthium (1)
Epithet: strumarium L. (1)
strumarium => cushion-like, swollen, tumor
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green, yellow
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