Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald, 1943 18% complete

Dune sandbur

Rhodora 45: 388 (1943)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cenchrus longispinus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Source not recorded9 Not on the record2 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (Hack.) Fernald No source recorded
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Bibliography Rhodora 45: 388 (1943) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1943 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Dune sandbur No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations N. America No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height empty Not on the record
Biological type therophyte Sourced
Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 85 cm Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 882, 918, 925
Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record