Common Sandspur / Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
Observed in the Patagonia Mts., Sta. Cruz Co., Arizona. 29 Aug. 2015.
FRUIT: Florets surrounded by very sharp, barbed spurs. These will stick painfully in socks or skin!
PERENNIAL GRASS: Ordinary-looking grass forming small clumps from perennial root stock.
Plants are mostly less than one-half meter
in height. Stems heavy with seeds often prostrate.
RANGE: A native grass throughout much of the southern United States.
Grows on terraces where deep sand has accumulated.
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Observed near Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mts., Cochise Co., Arizona. 29 July 2018.