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