Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cenchrus spinifex, 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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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Cav.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Icon. 5: 38 (1799)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1799	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Field sandbur	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	C. & S. U.S.A. to Trop. & Subtrop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	24 cm	24 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 429, 882, 926	Sourced
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	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	90 cm	90 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 429, 882, 926	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual, biennial, perennial	annual, biennial, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced

Cenchrus spinifex Cav., 1799 20% complete

Field sandbur

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