Poaceae
Big sandbur
Cenchrus myosuroides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Big sandbur
Synonyms
- Cenchropsis ekmaniana (Hitchc.) Wipff & R.B.Shaw
- Cenchropsis myosuroides (Kunth) Nash
- Cenchropsis myosuroides var. longiseta (Caro & E.A.Sánchez) Wipff & R.B.Shaw
- Cenchrus alopecuroides J.Presl
- Cenchrus ekmanianus Hitchc.
- Cenchrus elliotii Kunth
- Cenchrus myosuroides var. longisetus Caro & E.A.Sánchez
- Cenchrus myosuroides var. myosuroides
- Cenchrus scabridus Arechav.
- Cenchrus setoides Buckley
- Panicum cenchroides Elliott
- Pennisetum myosuroides (Kunth) Spreng.
- Pennisetum pungens Nutt.
- Setaria elliottiana Schult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: ferferrari, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: demianlescano, CC0, 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.