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