Bathurst burr
Xanthium spinosum
family
Asteraceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
NIL
For information only
Common names
Bathurst Burr, Burrweed, Spiny cockleburr, Cats eggs, Clotbur, Cocklebur, Common cockleburr, Spiny burweed, Dagger cocklebur, Spanish thistle.
An upright and much-branched herbaceous plant usually growing 30-100 cm tall. Its stems are armed with yellowish three-pronged spines (15-50 mm long) in the leaf forks. Its leaves are usually irregularly lobed, with dark green and shiny upper surfaces and pale green lower surfaces covered in downy hairsmale flowers are borne in dense clusters near the tips of the stems, while separate female flowers are borne in the leaf forks. Its stalkless 'burrs' (8-15 mm long) are covered in numerous small hooked spines (2-3 mm long).
Impact
Impact
Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Victroia and South Australia. It was recently also listed as a priority environmental weed in five Natural Resource Management regions. For more infomation see the NSW DPI
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Victroia and South Australia. It was recently also listed as a priority environmental weed in five Natural Resource Management regions. For more infomation see the NSW DPI
