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Acanthospermum hispidum

Bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starbur

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Hurab Hawsa

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Plants

Sudan Flora

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Names

Common name

Local name (Sudan)

Family name

Plant group

Bristly starbur, goat's head, hispid starburr, starbur

Hurab Hawsa

Asteraceae

Angiosperms, Asterales

Description

Annual herb. Stem is erect, dichotomously branched, hairy. Leaves opposite, sessile, obovate, up to 8 cm long and 3 cm wide, slightly lobed, irregularly toothed, hairy. Inflorescences are solitary, composite heads in the axils of upper leaves, sessile, pale yellow-green and about 6 mm in diameter. Florets are few and are monoecious. Fruit are wedge-shaped achenes grouped into star-shaped clusters. The achenes (also called burrs) are about 6 mm long and covered with numerous short, stiff, hooked spines, with two much longer spines at the apex.

Plant type

Wild, Native

Location

Ad-Damazin- Blue Nile state

Collected by

Ikram Madani

Collection date

Aug-24

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