Xanthium spinosum
| Xanthium spinosum | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Mid Fall |
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| Medicinal Rating: | |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Xanthium spinosum (common name: spiny cocklebur)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in situ. The seed requires plenty of moisture in order to germinate.
Cultivation: An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils but requires a sunny position.
Plants often self sow.
Range: S. America. A locally established casual in Britain[1].
Habitat: Naturalized in waste ground in N. America[2].
Medicinal: The whole plant is an active styptic for both local and general application[3]. It is said to be a valuable and sure specific in the treatment of hydrophobia[3]. The plant is also diaphoretic, diuretic and sedative[4].
An infusion of the root has been used as an emetic[5].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Seed Ripens: Late Summer-Mid Fall
Flower Type: Monoecious
Known Hazards: Poisonous[6][7]. Most members of this genus are toxic to grazing animals and are usually avoided by them[8]. The seed also contains toxins[8].
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References
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel and Addison Brown. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada. Dover Publications, 1970.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Grieve, Margaret. A Modern Herbal. Penguin, 1984.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
- ↑ Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.
- ↑ Frohne, Dietrich and Hans Pfänder. J. A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants. Timber Press, 1984.
- ↑ Cooper, Marion. Poisonous Plants in Britain and their Effects on Animals and Man. The Stationery Office, 1984.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Foster, Steven and Billy Tatum. Medicinal Plants of Eastern and Central North America. Houghton Mifflin, 1990.