. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA 95 COCKLEBUR. Xanthium cchinatum, (Miirr). Root.^ Fil)r()iis. Stout, 1 -2 feet high, low-hranchinj;. Leaves.âOpposite, triangular, three-lol)e<l, the lol^s ance-ovate and serrate; margined. , 't mch. in heads. hur y^ inch long, with two hooked spines at toj). Seeds.â1 wo seeds enclosed in brownish, (.hlong, 2 inch long Imr, rough with hooked prickles. An- nua . Flowermg.âJune-Septeml)er.
. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA 95 COCKLEBUR. Xanthium cchinatum, (Miirr). Root.^ Fil)r()iis. Stout, 1 -2 feet high, low-hranchinj;. Leaves.âOpposite, triangular, three-lol)e<l, the lol^s ance-ovate and serrate; margined. , 't mch. in heads. hur y^ inch long, with two hooked spines at toj). Seeds.â1 wo seeds enclosed in brownish, (.hlong, 2 inch long Imr, rough with hooked prickles. An- nua . Flowermg.âJune-Septeml)er. Seeding.âAugustâvSet)- ,lx;r. sc-eds. «.rriedl!y ammals. Eradication.âMow; burn old plants; cultivate. Cocklebur is found in river bottoms, around barnyards, and in waste manured ground. It is a coarse, vile weed. The burs become entangled in the wool of sheep, and thus cause the wool-pickers much trouble! The name Xanthium is from the Greek lor yellow. The plants yield that color. HLHCAMPANH. Inula Helcnium, (L). Root. Stout and mucilaginous; used in medicine Mem. -Stout, ;{-i) feet high, jKjrennial. Leaves.â .Alternate, large, entire, woolly beneath; those from ru.)t ovate and [jetioled, the upjier clasinng. Flowers. Heads large and Ijroad; ray-tlowers vellow and numerous, in one row, with narrow ligules outer scales .)f involucre leaf-like; pappus of manv, slender, roughish liristles. Fruit. Head of narrow seeds % inch long, light-brown, somewhat lux^mpank like a 4-sided cylinder in shai)e; shows sliinv points ,,.,, nT ,. under glass; tufted. FlJering ^"'"" ^''â¢''â '»'"»'"-) Propagation. Hy seeds^ carried by winds, etc. EradicI: lion.âSpud, and cultivate. Ivlecampane is another wayside weed long since uitroduced from Europe. It is not verv common, aiid IS usually seen in isolated patches by the road
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