Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Xanthium strumarium L. var. glabratum (DC.) Cronq.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Xanthium americanum Walt., Xanthium calvum Millsp. & Sherff, Xanthium chasei Fern., Xanthium chinense P. Mill., Xanthium curvescens Millsp. & Sherff, Xanthium cylindraceum Millsp. & Sherff, Xanthium echinellum Greene, Xanthium glabratum (DC.) Britton (Xanthium macrocarpum var. glabratum DC.), Xanthium glabratum DC. (Xanthium macrocarpum var. glabratum DC.), Xanthium globosum Shull, Xanthium inflexum Mackenzie & Bush, Xanthium macrocarpum DC. var. glabratum DC., Xanthium occidentale Bertol., Xanthium orientale L., Xanthium strumarium L. var. wootonii (Cockerell) M.E. Peck, Xanthium strumarium L. var. wootonii (Cockerell) W.C. Martin & C.R. Hutchins, Xanthium wootonii Cockerell

Common names:

American burweed (1913) (5)

American cocklebur (1913-1937) (5, 93, 97)

Burweed (1907, IA) (72)

Buttonbur [Button bur] (1913) (5)

Clotbur [Clot bur] (1912-1913) (5, 62)

Common cocklebur (1912) (62)

Lesser burdock (1913) (5)

Missouri clotbur (1913) (5)

Oriental cocklebur (1942) (155)

Rough cocklebur [Rough cockleburr] (Present) (50)

Sheepbur (1913) (5)

Small burdock (1913) (5)