Common Cocklebur

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Seedling.  Key characteristics: bur may be attached; cotyledons are thick and fleshy; base of hypocotyl purple-colored.

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Seedling.  Key characteristics: first true leaves are opposite, later leaves are alternate; leaves have three distinct veins.

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Stem.  Key characteristics: rough-textured with purple spots.

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Vegetative plants.  Key characteristics: leaves have very coarse "sand paper" texture, often lobed, coarse teeth along the margins, and long petioles.

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Fruit.  Key characteristics: sharp spines; each bur contains two seed.

Seed.

Life cycle: summer annual.