Xanthium sibiricum is widely distributed in Northeast China, North China, Central China, South China, Northwest China and Southwest China. It is also distributed in Russia, Iran, India, North Korea and Japan. Xanthium sibiricum grows in plains, hills, low mountains, wilderness roadsides and fields all the year round.
Main varieties: Xanthium sibiricum?
Stems short, usually branched from base; The involucre of mature achenes is smaller and the base becomes narrower. The upper end often has 1 long beak and 1 short side beak. The two beaks are separated or combined with each other, and sometimes the short side beak degenerates into a thorn or does not exist. There are few or no thorns outside the involucre, which is easy to distinguish from Xanthium sibiricum.
It often grows on open and dry hillsides, near saline-alkali land in dry fields, dry riverbeds and roadsides. Distributed in China, Jilin, Hubei, Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xinjiang and other provinces.