Cenchrus gracillimus Nash

Natural range:   Caribbean Region, including Florida

Habitat:  Weedy

Florida status:  Native, common

Recognition:  Leaves mostly < 3 mm wide, glabrous.  Ligule to 0.2-0.6 mm (over 0.5 mm in C. spinifex).  Spikelets 1-3 mm.  Burr rounded basally, with spines in one whorl, glabrous or nearly so, the inner bristles 3.2-6 mm. Burrs not crowded, not nestled down into leaf sheath, 3.5 mm in diameter (wider in C. spinifex).