Poaceae
Southern sandbur
Cenchrus echinatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Chinese
- 蒺藜草, 刺蒺藜草
- Czech
- Ostrokvět ježatý
- English
- Southern sandbur, Spiny burrgrass, burrgrass, burrweed, southern sandbur, mossman river grass
- Finnish
- Otaharjasheinä
- guc
- Püürüla
- Hebrew
- פוקה קוצנית
- Japanese
- シンクリノイガ
- Korean
- 미국가시풀
- nv
- Tłʼoh hosh
- pam
- Kutung babi
- Portuguese
- Capim-carrapicho
- Swedish
- Tagghirs
- Thai
- หญ้าสนกระจับ
- Welsh
- Gwrychwellt pigog
Synonyms
- Cenchrus brevisetus E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
- Cenchrus brevisetus E.Fourn.
- Cenchrus cavanillesii Tausch
- Cenchrus crinitus Mez
- Cenchrus echinatus var. brevisetus (E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.) Scribn.
- Cenchrus echinatus var. glabratus F.Br.
- Cenchrus echinatus var. hillebrandianus (Hitchc.) F.Br.
- Cenchrus echinatus var. morisonii Kuntze
- Cenchrus echinatus var. pennisetoides F.Br.
- Cenchrus hillebrandianus Hitchc.
- Cenchrus insularis Scribn.
- Cenchrus lechleri Steud.
- Cenchrus macrocarpus Ledeb. ex Steud.
- Cenchrus pungens Kunth
- Panicastrella muricata Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Carlos Eduardo Bodart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ilich Gustavo Villela, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Zilli Valtair Zilli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.