Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur,[3]spiny sandbur,[4]southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass.[5][6] 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.[6]
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^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Cenchrus echinatus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^"University of Florida IFAS Extension Southern Sandspur (Southern Sandbur), Cenchrus echinatus L." Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
^ abCenchrus echinatus. Archived September 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine National Weeds Strategy.
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