Buffalobur

Buffalobur

(Solanum rostratum Dunal)

Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)

▲ seedling

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ young flowering plant

▲ ▼ mature plants

▲ flowers and fruit

▲ flowers

▲ ▼ spiny fruit

Buffalobur:

  • a summer annual
  • a very spiny member of the Nightshade (Solanaceae) family
  • has spiny light-green, watermelon leaf-like leaves, spiny stems 6-24" tall
  • has yellow flowers and bur-like fruit
  • increases in overgrazed pastures

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