long-spine sandbur
(Cenchrus longispinus)
Conservation • Wetland • Description • Habitat • Biology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
|
|||||||
| IUCN Red List | not listed |
|||||||
| NatureServe | N5? - Secure SNR - Unranked |
|||||||
| Minnesota | not listed |
|||||||
Wetland Indicator Status |
||||||||
| Great Plains | UPL - Obligate upland |
|||||||
| Midwest | UPL - Obligate upland |
|||||||
| Northcentral & Northeast | UPL - Obligate upland |
|||||||
Description |
||
|
||
Height |
||
4″ to 32″ |
||
Similar Species |
||
Habitat |
||
Moderate moisture to dry. Full or partial sun. Sandy or non-sandy soil. |
||
Biology |
||
Flowering |
||
|
||
Use |
||
|
||
Distribution |
||||
|
Sources |
|||
| 12/28/2011 | ||||
Nativity |
||||
Native |
||||
Occurrence |
||||
|
||||
Taxonomy |
|||
| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Liliopsida (monocots) | ||
Order |
Poales (grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies) | ||
Family |
Poaceae (grasses) | ||
| No Rank | PACMAD clade | ||
| Subfamily | Panicoideae | ||
| Tribe | Paniceae | ||
| Subtribe | Cenchrinae | ||
Genus |
Cenchrus (sandbur) | ||
Synonyms |
|||
Cenchrus carolinianus Cenchrus echinatus f. longispina Cenchrus pauciflorus var. longispinus Nastus carolinianus |
|||
Common Names |
|||
burgrass field sandbur innocent-weed long-spine sandbur longspine sandbur mat sandbur sandbur |
|||
| Visitor Photos | |||
Share your photo of this plant. |
|||
This button not working for you? |
|||
| MinnesotaSeasons.com Photos | |||
Plant |
|||
 |
|||
Infructescence |
|||
 |
 |
||
Slideshows |
||
| Visitor Videos | |||
Share your video of this plant. |
|||
This button not working for you? |
|||
| Other Videos | |||
| Weed of the Week #795 - Field Sandbur (Air Date 6/30/13) AgPhD's channel |
|||
About
Published on Jul 5, 2013 It's our Weed of the Week, Field Sandbur. |
|||
| Visitor Sightings | ||||
Report a sighting of this plant. |
||||
|
This button not working for you? Simply email us at info@MinnesotaSeasons.com. Be sure to include a location. |
||||
| MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings | ||||
Last Updated: