OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cenchrus longispinus   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus longispinus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cenchrus longispinus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Cenchrus longispinus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cenchrus longispinus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-69-005:

Cenchrus longispinus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Cenchrus pauciflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cenchrus pauciflorus

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Sandspur, Common Sandspur, Longbristle Sandbur


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image of Cenchrus longispinus, Northern Sandspur, Common Sandspur, Longbristle Sandbur

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ceca6_001_lvd

        

image of Cenchrus longispinus, Northern Sandspur, Common Sandspur, Longbristle Sandbur

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_cepa12_001_lhd

        

image of Cenchrus longispinus, Northern Sandspur, Common Sandspur, Longbristle Sandbur

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_053

        

image of Cenchrus longispinus, Northern Sandspur, Common Sandspur, Longbristle Sandbur

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_cenchrus_longispinu2b

July    Richmond County    NC

Involucre of spines fused into a bur; spines slender, 3.5-7mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Cenchrus longispinus, Northern Sandspur, Common Sandspur, Longbristle Sandbur

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_cenchrus_longispinus2

July    Richmond County    NC

Raceme usually 3-8cm long, burs somewhat crowded, pubescent (often densely), per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cenchrus longispinus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus longispinus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cenchrus longispinus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Cenchrus longispinus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cenchrus longispinus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-69-005:
Cenchrus longispinus   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Cenchrus pauciflorus

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cenchrus pauciflorus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2834

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, lawns, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Spikelets subtended by an involucre of spines and/or bristles fused into a bur

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain brownish
Grain

 

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