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Acanthospermum hispidum (Bristly starbur)

Synonyms: Acanthospermum humile var. hispidum (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Acanthospermum hispidum (bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starbur) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, which is native to Central and South America. This plant is cited as a weed in cotton culture in Brazil, and it is also used as a medicinal plant. It is also naturalized in many scattered places in Eurasia, Africa, North America, etc.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0