Cenchrus echinatus L.

Cenchrus echinatus Linnaeus, Spec. Plant., 1050, 1753.
Stems decumbent, ascending up to 30 or more cm. tall, branching from below. Leaf
blades up to 10 or more cm. long, somewhat scabrous. Fruit bristly, burlike, pubescent, in
loose racemes up to about 5 or more cm. long.
An obnoxious weed, common in waste areas and along roadsides (9654).
English name, sand-bur; native name, motie vihilago.
DEPAUW UNIV.
HERBARIUM.
herbarium
t. G. YUNCKER
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Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Presented to vru nerDariurfi
by T. G. Yuncker
No. 9654
Cenchrus echinatus L.
Weed along roadside near Hakupu
village. 65 m. alt. Jan. 15, 1940,
Coll. T. G. Yuncke*
Dît.
1 mot le vihilago1
Agnes Chase
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