Wild Flowering Plants

Poaceae
Cenchrus echinatus   L.
Zèb kolan
U.S.A. to Tropical & Subtropical America.
Vry common pantropical herb of open dry areas, especially coastal.
FLA also lists Cenchrus brownei and Cenchrus incertus as being present in St. Lucia.  I have sent off several collections and all have been determined to be Cenchrus echinatus.   The herbarium specimens of the two other species appear to me to be Cenchrus echinatus.
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