Cenchrus echinatus
| Cenchrus echinatus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Cenchrus |
| Species: | C. echinatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cenchrus echinatus L. | |
Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur,[1] spiny sandbur,[2] southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass.[3][4] It is native to North and South America.
It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to 80 cm tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to 12 mm wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs up 4–10 mm long.
In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.[4]
References
- ↑ "Cenchrus echinatus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ↑ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "University of Florida IFAS Extension Southern Sandspur (Southern Sandbur), Cenchrus echinatus L.". Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- 1 2 Cenchrus echinatus. National Weeds Strategy.
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