Poaceae
Mat sandbur
Cenchrus longispinus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- سبط طويل الأشواك
- Chinese
- 长刺蒺藜草
- English
- Mat sandbur
- Korean
- 대청가시풀
Synonyms
- Cenchrus carolinianus Hitchc.
- Cenchrus echinatus f. longispina Hack.
- Cenchrus echinatus f. longispinus Hack.
- Cenchrus echinatus var. longispinus (Hack.) Jansen & Wacht.
- Cenchrus pauciflorus var. longispinus (Hack.) Jansen & Wacht.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Darius Regnier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Darius Regnier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KAnatoliy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prahlad balaji, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Paul Henrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ginkele, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: emme fabio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.