home   flora of romania  endangered species of transylvania  endangered habitats of transylvania

Xanthium spinosum L.

Flora Europaea the original Linnean specimen         A ruderal South American (from the Pampas area) nasty weed which was for the first time mentioned in 1832 for Romania (in the southern parts of the country). Cuvin, Arad county, September 2010. dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.net