Xanthium orientale

Xanthium orientale
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Genus:	Xanthium
Species:	X. orientale
Binomial name
Xanthium orientale L.
Synonyms
List Xanthium acerosum Greene Xanthium acutilobum Millsp. & Sherff Xanthium acutum Greene Xanthium affine Greene Xanthium albinum (Widder) Scholz & Sukopp Xanthium americanum Walter Xanthium aridum H.St.John Xanthium australe Millsp. & Sherff Xanthium barcinonense Sennen Xanthium brevirostre Hochst. ex A.Rich. Xanthium brevirostre Wallr. Xanthium bubalocarpon Bush Xanthium californicum Greene Xanthium calvum Millsp. & Sherff Xanthium campestre Greene Xanthium canadense Mill. Xanthium cavanillesii Schouw Xanthium cenchroides Millsp. & Sherff Xanthium chinense var. globuliforme C.Shull Xanthium chsei Fernald Xanthium cloessplateaum D.Z.Ma Xanthium commune Britton Xanthium cordifolium Stokes Xanthium crassifolium Millsp. & Sherff Xanthium cuneatum Moench Xanthium curvescens Millsp. & Sherff Xanthium discolor Wallr. Xanthium echinatum Murray Xanthium fuscescens Jord. & Fourr. Xanthium glabratum Britton Xanthium glanduliferum Greene Xanthium hispanicum Sennen Xanthium homothalamum Spreng. Xanthium italicum Moretti Xanthium leptocarpum Millsp. & Sherff Xanthium longirostre Wallr. Xanthium macounii Britton Xanthium macrocarpum var. italicum (Moretti) Nyman Xanthium maculatum Raf. Xanthium monoicum Gilib. Xanthium nigri Ces., Pass. & Gibelli Xanthium oligacanthum Piper Xanthium oviforme Wallr. Xanthium palustre Greene Xanthium pensylvanicum Wallr. Xanthium pungens var. denudatum Widder Xanthium riparium Itzigs. & Hertzsch Xanthium riparium Lasch Xanthium ripicola Holub Xanthium roxburghii Wallr. Xanthium saccharatum Wallr. Xanthium silphiifolium Greene Xanthium speciosum Kearney Xanthium sphaerocephalum Salzm. ex Ball Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (Mill.) Torr. & A.Gray Xanthium strumarium var. echinatum (Murray) A.Gray Xanthium strumarium subsp. italicum (Moretti) D.Löve Xanthium strumarium f. purpurascens Priszter Xanthium strumarium var. wootonii (Cockerell) W.C.Martin & C.R.Hutchins Xanthium varians Greene Xanthium wootonii Cockerell

Xanthium orientale is a species of annual plant of the daisy family Asteraceae.

Use by Native Americans

The Zuni people use the plant for multiple purposes. The chewed seeds are rubbed onto the body before the cactus ceremony to protect it from spines. A compound poultice of seeds is applied to wounds or used to remove splinters. The seeds are also ground, mixed with cornmeal, made into cakes, and steamed for food.