شُبَيط شائِك /

Bathurst Burr / Spiny Cocklebur /

Xanthium spinosum L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Toxic
Blooming period
June to September
Seed collection period
August to October

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Green
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Xanthium L.
Family
Asteraceae
Wikidata item
Q643890
GBIF Item
Xanthium spinosum L. (3089150)

References

  1. Hamami, R.(2021).From Crown Anemone to Buchy Bean Caper.Ramallah:A.M. Qattan Foundation.(English and Arabic)
  2. Xanthium spinosum L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-29.

Citation

Xanthium spinosum L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/854 accessed via barari.org on 11/2/2025.

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