Poaceae
Slender sandbur
Cenchrus gracillimus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender sandbur
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Athena Philips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Athena Philips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Athena Philips, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jade Fortnash, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.