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A botanist collected some fruits with hook-like spines and when the seeds of the same have been germinated they turned out to be asteraceous taxa, bearing asepalous and wind pollinated flowers. The fruit he collected were of .............

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Xanthium strumarium
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Lactuca sativa
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Carthamus tinctorius
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None of the above
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The correct option is A Xanthium strumarium
Xanthium strumarium is also called as rough cocklebur, is a species of annual plants belonging to the Asteraceae family. Upon fruiting these two flowers ripen into two brown to black achenes and they are completely enveloped by the involucre, which becomes a bur. Sphaeranthus indicus is a flowering plant of the genus Sphaeranthus. It is distributed throughout India and has been studied for its potential health promoting properties. Fruits are oblong and have compressed achenes in which pappus is absent. Odor of herb id slightly aromatic but disappears on long storage.

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