| Family | Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name | Cenchrus echinatus L. |
| Synonyms | Cenchrus brevisetus E. Fournier; Cenchrus cavanillesii Tausch; Cenchrus crinitus Mez; Cenchrus echinatus Cavanilles, non L.; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. brevisetus (E. Fournier) Lamson-Scribner; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. glabratus F. Brown; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. hillebrandianus (Hitchcock) F. Brown; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. morisonii Kuntze; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. normalis Kuntze; Cenchrus echinatus L. var. pennisetoides F. Brown; Cenchrus hexaflorus Blanco; Cenchrus hillebrandianus Hitchcock; Cenchrus insularis Lamson-Scribner; Cenchrus lechleri Steudel ex Lechler; Cenchrus macrocarpus Ledebour ex Steudel; Cenchrus pungens Kunth; Cenchrus quinquevalvis Buchanan-Hamilton ex Wallich; Cenchrus spinifex Cavanilles; Cenchrus viridis Sprengel; Panicastrella muricata Moench |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) shin-kuri-no-iga [neo spikes of marron] |
| (English common name) bur grass, hedgehog grass, southern sandbur, southern sandbur grass | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] tropical America | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=34, 68 |
| Description | Plants electing 15-80cm tall. Leaves 4-25cm long, 4-12mm wide. Flowers inflorescences 3-10cm long flowering in all seasons. Annual plants. |
| Reference | Cenchrus echinatus L. |
| Cenchrus echinatus L. | |
| Cenchrus echinatus Linnaeus | |
| Oxazolyl and thiazolyl amides as herbicides (US Patent 4500343/1985) | |
| Pyridinylimidazolidinone compounds (US Patent 4600430/1986) | |
| Control of cyperus spp. with a fungal pathogen (US Patent 5945378/1999) | |
| Enhanced bioherbicidal control of weeds using multiple pathogens (US Patent 6265347/2001) | |
| Herbicidal compositions with substituted phenylsulfonylureas for controlling weeds in rice (US Patent 6864217/2005) | |
| Methods for production of plants resistant to HPPD herbicides (US Patent 7312379/2007) | |
| Note | Naturalizes plants. |
| July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
| July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |