Index / Search / Cenchrus tribuloides
§1 Plant
Cenchrus tribuloides L.
vernacular sanddune sandbur — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Cenchrus
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 105 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 105 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CETR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5289741 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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