Cenchrus echinatus
On Kure Atoll
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Cenchrus
Species:	C. echinatus
Binomial name
Cenchrus echinatus L.[2]
Synonyms[2]
Cenchrus cavanillesii Tausch Panicastrella muricata Moench Cenchrus brevisetus E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Cenchrus crinitus Mez Cenchrus hillebrandianus Hitchc. Cenchrus insularis Scribn. Cenchrus pungens Kunth

Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur,^[3] spiny sandbur,^[4] southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass.^[5][6] It is native to North and South America. It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to 80 cm (31 in) tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to 12 mm (0.47 in) wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) long.

In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.^[6]

Ecology

The species is invasive in New Caledonia,^[7] Tahiti, and Rarotonga.^[8]

Gallery

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  In Brazil
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  In the Florida Keys

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