Cenchrus spinifex Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cenchrus spinifex Cav.

Coastal sandbur

2022 Jesse Potter

2005 Luigi Rignanese

2006 Matt Below

Cenchrus spinifex is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~89 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Cenchrus
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cenchrus incertus
PLANTS	Cenchrus parviceps
JEF + PLANTS	Cenchrus pauciflorus

Information about Cenchrus spinifex from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (CESP4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).