What are those small round seed things that

[kimlovescats]

get stuck all in your socks when you walk through tall grass or woods called?

(shewweee, how was that for a run-on sentence) :rolleyes: :D

[jazzcat]

Are they cockleburrs or something like that?

[kimlovescats]

That's exactly what I was calling them .... LOL! I thought I was crazy, but that word just popped into my head from my childhood! Maybe it's a Tennessee thing!!!:D

[wolf_Q]

I've heard them called that and I'm in Utah...

[countrycowgirl]

they are called that in texas and I hate those things

[Kfamr]

We call them hitch hikers.:p

[Dogz]

Their called cockelburrs in Minnesota, too.

I especially hate 'em when they get stuck in Prince's fur! :eek:

[jenluckenbach]

we just call them burrs, but I have heard the word cockleburrs.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Originally posted by Kfamr
We call them hitch hikers.:p

Yep, hitch hikers (kind of makes sense)... Maybe that's a florida thing. I've never heard cockleburrs.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by KBlaix
Yep, hitch hikers (kind of makes sense)... Maybe that's a florida thing. I've never heard cockleburrs.


Lol, maybe so... I've neber heard of cockleburrs either. :p

[Karen]

We call them burrdock:


Arctium lappa

greater burrdock; great burdock; edible b.; harlock; cuckold

Species Record #: gw1002500

Botanical Information:

Genus: Arctium

Family: Compositae

Author: L.

Synonyms: Lappa major

Remarks:
Plant trivia: The burrs on this plant are probably the ones that inspired Swiss engineer George de Mestral, the inventor of Velcro (TM).

[Sweet Sixy]

We call them Burrdocks too. Those stupid things that always seem to find thier way into your horses mane or tail right before a show! UGH. :rolleyes: hehe

[sirrahned]

In South Carolina and Georgia, where I grew up, they were called cockleburrs.

Also, I heard on Paul Harvey that the guy who invented VELCRO got the idea from cockleburrs after walking in the woods. :)

[jazzcat]

Originally posted by sirrahned
Also, I heard on Paul Harvey that the guy who invented VELCRO got the idea from cockleburrs after walking in the woods. :)
That is brilliant!!! LOL!
Guess I need to pay more attention to things like that - I might get rich.:D

[DJFyrewolf36]

Out here in Nv we call em goatheads...and boy you know it when one gets stuck in your shoe!!! *ow ow ow* I hate it when the dog picks em up and you *try* carefully to get them out but the dang things wont come out without tugging and most of the time at least I end up with a stab wound in my fingers as a result!
And they are imposible to get off of blankets lol.

[smokey the elder]

proto-Velcro.:D :p