| English | California-bur | | as Xanthium orientale | 1 | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: = Xanthiumorientale L. |
| English | Canada cocklebur | | | 1 | USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource). Note: as Xanthium strumarium var. canadense |
| English | cocklebur | | | 1 | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| English | ditchbur | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | large cocklebur | | | 1 | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
| English | Noogoora-bur | | as Xanthium pungens | 1 | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: as Xanthium pungens |
| English | rough cocklebur | | | 1 | Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). |
| English | Siberian cocklebur | | as Xanthium sibiricum | 1 | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. Note: as Xanthium sibiricum |
| Afrikaans | kankerroos | | | 2 | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
| Chinese | cang er | 苍耳 | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |
| English (Canada) | cocklebur | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 251-252. |
| French | lampourde glouteron | | | 2 | FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. |
| French (Canada) | lampourde glouteron | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 251-252. |
| German | gewöhnliche Spitzklette | | | 2 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1820. |
| Japanese Rōmaji | o-namomi | | | 2 | Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carrapicho-de-carneiro | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | carrapicho-grande | | | 2 | Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names |
| Swedish | gullfrö | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |