Scientific Name:  Solanum rostratum Dun. Common Name:  Buffalobur
Scientific Family:   Affiliation:  TCE, TAES, And TTU
Local Names:   Common Family Name:  Nightshade
Life Cycle:  Annual >> Summer Leaf Arrangement:  Alternate
Stem Characteristic:  Erect Stem Type:  Round
Leaf Structure:  Compound >> Pinnately Petiole:  Yes
Leaf Margins:  Lobed Leaf Shape:  Elliptic Or Obovate
Leaf Hairs:  Yes Flower Color:  Yellow
Growth Stage:  Vegetative Environment:  Corn Field, Commercial Vegetables, Cotton Field, CRP, Pastures, Peanut Field, Roadsides, Sorghum Field, Water Ways
Other:  Yellow, five lobed flowers are about one inch wide. Stems are erect or spreading, zigzagged, and moderately to heavily armed with yellow spines.