Xanthium orientale

Xanthium orientale
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[1]
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.^[1]

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.^[2] The seeds are also ground, mixed with cornmeal, made into cakes, and steamed for food.^[3][4]