Family: Poaceae
Cenchrus tribuloides
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 1050 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Burr grass.
Description:
Annual; culms erect or a~cending and rooting at the lower nodes, 15-60 cm long, branched; leaf blades flat or folded, 4-7 mm broad; ligule a ciliate rim.
Spike (excluding the spines) villous (or pubescent?), the turbinate base puberulent with a tuft of dense hairs at the base; spines finally spreading, flat, the lowest short and slender, the upper broadened at the base, more or less deltoid-subulate, to 3 mm broad and 5-8 mm long, villous on the inner face; spikelets usually 2 in each involucre, 7-8 mm long.
Published illustration:
Gardner (1952) Flora of Western Australia 1:pl. 84A-B.
Distribution:
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Native to North and South America.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
There is no specimen in AD.
Author:
Not yet available
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