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''Cenchrus echinatus'' is a species of
National Weeds Strategy. It is native to
It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of long.
In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.
grass
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known by the common names southern sandbur, spiny sandbur, southern sandspur, and in Australia
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, Mossman River grass.''Cenchrus echinatus''.National Weeds Strategy. It is native to
North
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Etymology
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and South America
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It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of long.
In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.
Ecology
The species is invasive inNew Caledonia
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, Tahiti
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, and Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 13,007 of a total population of 17,434. The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings a ...
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References
echinatus Grasses of North America Grasses of South America Biota of Clipperton Island Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Panicoideae-stub