cocklebur
Clinging weed seed
Cocklebur is a coarse weed with prickly seed pods that cling stubbornly to fur, fabric, and hair.
The burs are oval, covered in hooked spines that catch on anything passing by—a strategy for seed dispersal that makes the plant a persistent nuisance in pastures and along roadsides.
The dog came back covered in cockleburs.
Deeply dependent or bent
- spinyHaving sharp points
- barbedHaving sharp projections
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- seed dispersalTransport of plant embryos
clingy · tenacious · adherent · bristled · hitchhiker · matted · tangled
Prickly-burred wild plant
- cleaversHeavy rectangular knives
- sandburSpiky grass seed
- agrimonyBurr-bearing medicinal herb
- beggar-ticksWeed with clinging seeds
Harmful, especially when inhaled
- infestationPest takeover situation
- agricultural pestOrganism damaging cultivated plants
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- invasiveEncroaching without welcome
eradication · control · herbicide · tillage · crop loss · toxic · management · spread
Having soft green stems
- annualOccurring every year
- dicotyledonPlant with paired embryonic leaves
- angiospermPlant producing flowers, fruits
- inflorescencePlant's complete bloom arrangement
composite · achene · germination · seedling · taproot · cotyledon
hooked
Deeply dependent or bent
seed dispersal · clingy · tenacious · adherent · bristled · hitchhiker · matted · tangled
burdock
Prickly-burred wild plant
noxious
Harmful, especially when inhaled
- infestationPest takeover situation
- agricultural pestOrganism damaging cultivated plants
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
invasive · eradication · control · herbicide · tillage · crop loss · toxic · management · spread · colonization
herbaceous
Having soft green stems
- annualOccurring every year
- dicotyledonPlant with paired embryonic leaves
- angiospermPlant producing flowers, fruits
inflorescence · composite · achene · germination · seedling · taproot · cotyledon
rough
Uneven in surface
- weedsdandelion, crabgrass, thistle, nettles, ragweed
- bursburr, burs, burrs, burdock, sandbur
- allergenspeanuts, food allergens, shellfish, tree nuts, dairy
- cultivated plantsapple, banana, cabbage, carrot, lettuce
- thorny plantsbriar, blackberry, bramble, thistle, brambles
- compositescomposite, composite material, fiberglass, carbon fiber, plywood
cockleburdandelion
Yellow flower, white puffball
milkweed · cottonwood · maple · tumbleweeds · coconut