OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus spinifex   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Cenchrus incertus

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

Cenchrus spinifex

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

Cenchrus spinifex

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-69-004:

Cenchrus incertus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Cenchrus incertus

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

Cenchrus incertus

 

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Sandspur


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image of Cenchrus spinifex, Coastal Sandspur

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_cein4_001_lhd

        

image of Cenchrus spinifex, Coastal Sandspur

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_051

        

image of Cenchrus spinifex, Coastal Sandspur

Gill Newberry    gn09_c_spinifex_inf

September        

Raceme 4-10cm long, the burs not crowded, body finely and densely pubescent, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Cenchrus spinifex, Coastal Sandspur

Gill Newberry    gn09_cenchrus_closeup

September        

Involucre of spines fused into a bur; spines stout, 2-5mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cenchrus spinifex   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-69-004:
Cenchrus incertus   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3541

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia (introduced in NC Piedmont)

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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