Xanthium

1. Stems with trifid spines ca. 1 cm or more long at the nodes; leaf blades tapering to a short petiole.

X. spinosum

1. Stems spineless; leaf blades ± cordate, mostly about 1–2 times as long as their petioles.

X. strumarium

All species found in Xanthium

Xanthium spinosumSPINY COCKLEBUR 
Xanthium strumariumCOMMON COCKLEBUR 

Citation:

MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March 19, 2019. https://michiganflora.net/genus.aspx?id=Xanthium.