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Indian Sandbur

Cenchrus biflorus Roxb.

Comments

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This grass is acceptable to stock when young but is commonly a very noxious weed, especially in the plains.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 243 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
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S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
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eFloras.org
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Description

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Annual; culms 5-90 cm high, ascending. Leaf-blades 2-25 cm long, 2-7 mm. wide. Panicle 2-15 cm long; involucres ovoid, 4-11 mm long; inner spines flattened, connate at the base to form an ovoid or diamond-shaped disc 2-4 mm across, bearing 1-3 shallow grooves on the outer face, ciliate below, retrorsely barbellate and mostly pungent at the tip; outer spines numerous, acicular, shorter than the inner, commonly divergent, rarely suppressed. Spikelets 1-3 per burr, 3.5-6 mm long.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 243 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
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visit source
partner site
eFloras

Distribution

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Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Punjab & Kashmir); tropical Africa, extending through Arabia to India.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 243 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
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eFloras

Flower/Fruit

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Fl & Fr. Per.: January-April and again September-November.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 243 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of Pakistan @ eFloras.org
editor
S. I. Ali & M. Qaiser
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras