Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cenchrus tribuloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Cenchrus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus tribuloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cenchrus tribuloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Cenchrus tribuloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-69-002:
Cenchrus tribuloides FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Cenchrus tribuloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cenchrus tribuloides
COMMON NAME:
Dune Sandbur, Dune Sandspur
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cetr_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_cetr_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090716_048
July Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Leaf sheaths inflated, the blades usually folded, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm0309q_27
September Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Involucre of spines fused into a bur; spines 4-8mm long, spikelets concealed, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm0309s_19
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
The small flowers are enclosed within a shiny bur, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5752
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Spines can puncture exposed skin, backward-pointing barbs painful to remove, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5783
November Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
Burs turn reddish with age and may remain on dead stems throughout winter, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cenchrus tribuloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus tribuloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cenchrus tribuloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Cenchrus tribuloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-69-002:
Cenchrus tribuloides
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Cenchrus tribuloides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cenchrus tribuloides
297
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial/Annual
Habitat: dunes, sandy fields, sandy woodlands in the outer Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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:
Summer/Fall
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain brownish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p348
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p490
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p735
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p084
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p145
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p006
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