Spiny burrgrass or gentle annie

Spiny burrgrass or gentle annie

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Scientific Name
Cenchrus incertus
Pest Alias
Coastal Sandbur, Common Sandbur, Field Sandbur, Coast Sandbur, Burrgrass, Bull's head, Mat Sandburr Grass, Sandburr, Cat's-head, Goat's-head, Spiny Sand Burr, Coastal Sandbur, Stickerweed, Stickerbur
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Genus:
Cenchrus
Species:
Cenchrus incertus

Cenchrus spinifex, known commonly as the common sandbur, coastal sandbur, stickerweed, or stickerbur, is a perennial grass that grows from 5 to 30 inches (13 to 76 cm) high in sandy or gravelly terrain. It is native to the southern United States southward into Mexico and the Caribbean. It has been introduced elsewhere in the United States[2] and in the Philippines and South Africa. It is a noxious weed in Europe.[3]

The grass produces a bur, a type of grain fruit, consisting of eight to forty sharp, barbed spines that lodge in clothes, exposed feet, and fur.[4]

  • Epizoochory: spiny burs of C. spinifex clinging to clothing on a beach in Vieste, Italy
    Epizoochory: spiny burs of C. spinifex clinging to clothing on a beach in Vieste, Italy

References

  1. ^ "Cenchrus spinifex". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  2. ^ "Cenchrus spinifex". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
  3. ^ DAISIE (2009). Handbook of Alien Species in Europe. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 399. ISBN 978-1-4020-8279-5.
  4. ^ Cenchrus spinifex. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 2008.

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Cenchrus spinifex

 

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Spiny burrgrass or gentle annie

Cenchrus incertus
Scientific Name
Cenchrus incertus
Pest Alias
Coastal Sandbur, Common Sandbur, Field Sandbur, Coast Sandbur, Burrgrass, Bull's head, Mat Sandburr Grass, Sandburr, Cat's-head, Goat's-head, Spiny Sand Burr, Coastal Sandbur, Stickerweed, Stickerbur
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Genus:
Cenchrus
Species:
Cenchrus incertus
Spiny burrgrass or gentle annie

Cenchrus spinifex, known commonly as the common sandbur, coastal sandbur, stickerweed, or stickerbur, is a perennial grass that grows from 5 to 30 inches (13 to 76 cm) high in sandy or gravelly terrain. It is native to the southern United States southward into Mexico and the Caribbean. It has been introduced elsewhere in the United States[2] and in the Philippines and South Africa. It is a noxious weed in Europe.[3]

The grass produces a bur, a type of grain fruit, consisting of eight to forty sharp, barbed spines that lodge in clothes, exposed feet, and fur.[4]

  • Epizoochory: spiny burs of C. spinifex clinging to clothing on a beach in Vieste, Italy
    Epizoochory: spiny burs of C. spinifex clinging to clothing on a beach in Vieste, Italy

References

  1. ^ "Cenchrus spinifex". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  2. ^ "Cenchrus spinifex". Go Botany. New England Wildflower Society.
  3. ^ DAISIE (2009). Handbook of Alien Species in Europe. Dordrecht: Springer. p. 399. ISBN 978-1-4020-8279-5.
  4. ^ Cenchrus spinifex. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 2008.

 Media related to Cenchrus spinifex at Wikimedia Commons  Data related to Cenchrus spinifex at Wikispecies

 
Cenchrus spinifex

 

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This Panicoideae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cenchrus spinifex", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.