Acanthospermum hispidum (bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starbur) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, which is native to Central and South America. This plant is cited as a weed in cotton culture in Brazil, and it is also used as a medicinal plant. It is also naturalized in many scattered places in Eurasia, Africa, and North America It is widespread in Australia, mostly occurring from north-eastern Western Australia through much of the Northern Territory and Queensland to north-eastern New South Wales. It is declared a weed in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
