Cenchrus echinatus


Cenchrus echinatus is a species of grass known by the common names southern sandbur, spiny sandbur, southern sandspur, and in Australia, Mossman River grass. It is native to North and South America.
It is a clump-forming annual grass growing up to tall. The leaves occur with or without hairs and measure up to wide. The ligule is a fringe of hairs. The grass has barbed burrs of long.
In Australia it forms an invasive weed in coastal situations.

Ecology

The species is invasive in New Caledonia, Tahiti, and Rarotonga.