Xanthium spinosum

2 Bathurst Burr at Thurgoona, NSW

Xanthium spinosum at Thurgoona, NSW - 14 Feb 2021
Xanthium spinosum at Thurgoona, NSW - 14 Feb 2021
Xanthium spinosum at Thurgoona, NSW - 14 Feb 2021
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Identification history

Xanthium spinosum 15 Feb 2021 WingsToWander
Unidentified 14 Feb 2021 ChrisAllen

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4 comments

njones wrote:
   15 Feb 2021
trying to confirm this as Xanthium spinosm Bathurst Burr , but system keeps booting me out .. anyway its having a good summer with all this rain :)
WingsToWander wrote:
   15 Feb 2021
Hi Nigel, I was just able to suggest the species. You should be able to confirm it now.
KylieWaldon wrote:
   15 Feb 2021
yikes. that is some serious prickles! Wouldn't want to put my foot on that!
ChrisAllen wrote:
   16 Feb 2021
Thanks Nigel I thought it may have been that.
Yeah Kylie I removed them from my back lawn pretty quick

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Species information

  • Xanthium spinosum Scientific name
  • Bathurst Burr Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Major weed or pest
  • Up to 995m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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