Cenchrus longispinus (Longspine sandbur)

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Cenchrus longispinus (Hack.) Fernald

Longspine sandbur

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Cenchrus	Umberto Quattrocchi says “Greek kenchros “millet”; Latin cenchros, used by Plinius for an Arabian diamond or an unknown kind of precious stone big as a grain of millet”
Species	longispinus	Long-spined

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Cenchrus carolinianus Walter

Cenchrus longispinus description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 7" (14 × 17 cm) ID is uncertain

6/4/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts
≈ 6 × 4½" (15 × 12 cm) ID is uncertain

7/29/2023 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts ID is uncertain

5/22/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 5 × 7" (13 × 16 cm) ID is uncertain

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