What are those small round seed things that

**kimlovescats** · 06-22-2004, 11:43 PM

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

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

**jazzcat** · 06-23-2004, 12:04 AM

Are they cockleburrs or something like that?

**kimlovescats** · 06-23-2004, 12:07 AM

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!!!

**wolf_Q** · 06-23-2004, 12:11 AM

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

**countrycowgirl** · 06-23-2004, 12:20 AM

they are called that in texas and I hate those things

**Kfamr** · 06-23-2004, 12:22 AM

We call them hitch hikers.

**Dogz** · 06-23-2004, 12:29 AM

Their called cockelburrs in Minnesota, too.

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

**jenluckenbach** · 06-23-2004, 06:09 AM

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

**BitsyNaceyDog** · 06-23-2004, 06:36 AM

Originally posted by Kfamr
We call them hitch hikers.

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

**Kfamr** · 06-23-2004, 07:22 AM

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.

**Karen** · 06-23-2004, 07:32 AM

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** · 06-23-2004, 08:17 AM

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.

hehe

**sirrahned** · 06-23-2004, 08:33 AM

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** · 06-23-2004, 09:32 AM

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.

**DJFyrewolf36** · 06-23-2004, 09:55 AM

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.