Poaceae
Coastal sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 光梗蒺藜草
- English
- Coastal sandbur
- Finnish
- Siiliharjasheinä
- nv
- Dííłiihí
- Swedish
- Igelkottshirs
- Ukrainian
- Ценхрус малоквітковий
Synonyms
- Cenchrus albertsonii Runyon
- Cenchrus carolinianus Walter
- Cenchrus humilis Hitchc.
- Cenchrus incertus M.A.Curtis
- Cenchrus microcephalus Nash ex Hitchc. & Chase
- Cenchrus muricatus Phil.
- Cenchrus parviceps Shinners
- Cenchrus pauciflorus Benth.
- Cenchrus pauciflorus var. muricatus Caro & E.A.Sánchez
- Cenchrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus
- Cenchrus roseus E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
- Cenchrus roseus E.Fourn.
- Cenchrus spinosus Rojas Acosta
- Cenchrus strictus Chapm.
- Nastus carolinianus (Walter) Lunell
Flowers
- In flower
- April, June, September (from 9 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: mike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: luciana.lieto.ll, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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.