Cenchrus echinatus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Cenchrus
Species:
C. echinatus
Binomial name
Cenchrus echinatus

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 (31 in) tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to 12 mm (0.47 in) wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long.

In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.[4]

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Ecology

The species is invasive in New Caledonia.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Cenchrus echinatus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ "University of Florida IFAS Extension Southern Sandspur (Southern Sandbur), Cenchrus echinatus L." Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  4. ^ a b Cenchrus echinatus. Archived September 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine National Weeds Strategy.
  5. ^ Hequet, Vanessa (2009). LES ESPÈCES EXOTIQUES ENVAHISSANTES DE NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE (PDF) (in French). p. 17.


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