Xanthium spinosum

Bathurst Burr at Whitlam, ACT

Xanthium spinosum at Whitlam, ACT - 1 May 2024
Xanthium spinosum at Whitlam, ACT - 1 May 2024
Xanthium spinosum at Whitlam, ACT - 1 May 2024
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Identification history

Xanthium spinosum 2 May 2024 mcosgrove
Xanthium spinosum 1 May 2024 pinnaCLE

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Nasty group of plants in full fruit, estimate average 100 fruit per plant. Plants have thrived at edge of disturbance zone around recent construction of power infrastructure

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Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

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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