buffalo-bur

Solanum rostratum

Buffalo-bur is a prickly plant with bright yellow flowers that bloom in the summer. Its spiky leaves help protect it from hungry animals. This plant is often found in sunny places and can grow in tough conditions.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The buffalo-bur is a spiny plant with deeply lobed leaves and bright yellow, star-shaped flowers. Its stems are densely covered in sharp, yellowish spines, and it produces distinctive globe-shaped, bur-like fruits encased in spiny calyces.

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buffalo-bur

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Datos interesantes

Buffalo-bur is so good at growing, it's considered a successful weed worldwide!

Each dried, spiky bur fruit can hide hundreds of tiny seeds inside.

Native Americans historically used parts of this plant for traditional medicine.

This spiky plant is surprisingly a wild cousin of the potato and tomato!

Habilidades especiales

Buffalo-bur has incredibly sharp spines covering its stems and leaves, helping it defend against hungry herbivores.

Its bur-like fruits cling to passing animals, allowing the buffalo-bur to cleverly spread its seeds far and wide.

This plant produces solanine toxins, making it unappetizing and mildly harmful to animals that try to eat it.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 15-75 cm
Extensión: 30-60 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 2-3 cm
Temporada de floración: Verano a otoño
Comestible: No
Toxicidad: Moderada
Ciclo de vida: Anual
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Collects nectar and pollen.

pollinates

Common eastern bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

Buzz-pollinates for pollen.

eaten by

Colorado potato beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Larvae may feed on leaves.

Rasgos

Ornamental

Las plantas ornamentales se cultivan principalmente por su atractivo estético, embelleciendo paisajes y jardines con su atractivo follaje, flores o forma.

Floración de verano

Las plantas de floración de verano producen sus flores durante la temporada estival, a menudo aportando un color vibrante cuando muchas otras plantas ya han terminado de florecer.