Acanthospermum hispidum DC.

Plants 10–60+ cm. Stems erect. Leaf blades rhombic-ovate to obovate, (20–)40–120(–150+) mm, faces finely pilosulous, gland-dotted. Fruits ± compressed, ± cuneate to obovate, 4–6+ mm, not notably ribbed, terminal spines 2, divergent, 3–4 mm, often 1 ± uncinate, prickles seldom notably uncinate, ± scattered. 2n = 22.

Native of Brazil; introduced weed in parts of Africa and S.Asia.

500-1100 m