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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus brownii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Cenchrus brownii

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

Cenchrus brownii

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

Cenchrus brownii

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

Cenchrus viridis

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

Cenchrus viridis

 

COMMON NAME:
Slimbristle Sandspur


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image of Cenchrus brownii, Slimbristle Sandspur

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_cebr_001_lhd

        

image of Cenchrus brownii, Slimbristle Sandspur

Keith Bradley    kab_cenchrus_brownii_3010

December    Monroe County    FL

Dove Creek Hammocks

Fascicles burlike; rachis internodes 0.8-1.7mm long, per Utah State University: Intermountain Herbarium.

image of Cenchrus brownii, Slimbristle Sandspur

Keith Bradley    kab_cenchrus_brownii_3023

December    Monroe County    FL

Dove Creek Hammocks

Most outer bristles equaling or slightly exceeding inner, flattened bristles, per Utah State University: Intermountain Herbarium.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus brownii   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

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

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Cenchrus viridis

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cenchrus viridis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3954

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, maritime grasslands, per Weakley's Flora

Native: south Florida & New World tropics

Waif(s)

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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

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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