Acanthospermum hispidum | |
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In Goa, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Acanthospermum |
Species: | A. hispidum
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Binomial name | |
Acanthospermum hispidum |
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.[1][2][3] 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, and North America[4][5][6][7] It is naturalized in Australia and is a declared weed in Western Australia.[8]