''Cenchrus spinifex'', known commonly as the common sandbur, coastal sandbur, or stickerweed, is a perennial grass that grows from high in sandy or gravelly terrain. It is native to the southern United States southward into Mexico and the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

. It has been introduced elsewhere in the United States and in the Philippines and South Africa. It is a

noxious weed A noxious weed, harmful weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is injurious to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or liv ...

in Europe. The grass produces a bur, a type of grain fruit, consisting of eight to forty sharp, barbed spines that lodge in clothes, exposed feet, and fur.''Cenchrus spinifex''.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 2008.

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File:Example of Epizoochory var. Anthropochory - Cenchrus spinifex burs on boot and trouser leg.jpg, Epizoochory: spiny burs of ''C. spinifex'' clinging to clothing on a beach in Vieste, Italy

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spinifex Grasses of North America Flora of the Caribbean Grasses of Canada Grasses of Mexico Grasses of the United States Grasses of Alabama Flora without expected TNC conservation status Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles {{Panicoideae-stub