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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Cenchrus |
| Species: | C. echinatus |
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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 of 4–10 mm long.
In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.[4]
Ecology
The species is invasive in New Caledonia.[5]
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 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- "University of Florida IFAS Extension Southern Sandspur (Southern Sandbur), Cenchrus echinatus L." Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- Cenchrus echinatus. Archived September 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine National Weeds Strategy.
- Hequet, Vanessa (2009). LES ESPÈCES EXOTIQUES ENVAHISSANTES DE NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE (PDF) (in French). p. 17.
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