Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cenchrus longispinus
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Cenchrus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ceca6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_cepa12_001_lhd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_053
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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).
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p733
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p146
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p006
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