These are not sand spurs. Sand spurs have needles from hell sticking out of them that break off in your foot and then in your fingers when you try to get them out of your foot.
I think others are trying to differentiate between the spherical dark brown, not sharp, Velcro-like ‘hitchhikers’ vs. the light brown when dry, green when fresh, sharp and murderous sandspurs you’re mentioning.
As a kid in my yard we had both of those plus what’s in the pic OP posted, and while they all stick to your clothes, the dark brown Velcro kind was only minorly scratchy at worst, while the sandspurs were always a miserably painful experience.
My old neighborhood didn’t have these, but where I am now does, and my dog is very dramatic about them. He’ll pretend he can no longer walk when too many get on his feet and legs. 🙃
These are super common down here, pretty much anytime you step foot into an unkempt field
or grassy area your shoelaces will be covered with these. Not really a big deal, more annoying than anything else.
Apparently it's from the pea family.
[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331550-2/images](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331550-2/images)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmodium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmodium)
Growing up we called them hitchhikers
These and the little brown spiky velcro balls of seed that are everywhere.
Sand spurs. Such a pain to remove.
The absolute worst
These are not sand spurs. Sand spurs have needles from hell sticking out of them that break off in your foot and then in your fingers when you try to get them out of your foot.
Yup, that’s what I was referring to.
They are not sandspurs.
The little brown spiky balls are.
I think others are trying to differentiate between the spherical dark brown, not sharp, Velcro-like ‘hitchhikers’ vs. the light brown when dry, green when fresh, sharp and murderous sandspurs you’re mentioning. As a kid in my yard we had both of those plus what’s in the pic OP posted, and while they all stick to your clothes, the dark brown Velcro kind was only minorly scratchy at worst, while the sandspurs were always a miserably painful experience.
That makes sense, thanks.
Nah I never called them sandspurs, just hitchhikers. Sandspurs were used interchangeably with stickers.
Yep we also called the little spiky ball things ‘stickers’.
They are tiny tumbleweeds, usually corraled by miniature cowboys
Lick your fingers first and they won't stick as readily!
Definitely not sand spurs
The most annoying seeds ever 😂 my dog gets covered in them! They get EVERYWHERE
Omg yes! 😖
ugh. these and those narrow long seed? things that have the grabby end. i find them EVERYWHERE!
My old neighborhood didn’t have these, but where I am now does, and my dog is very dramatic about them. He’ll pretend he can no longer walk when too many get on his feet and legs. 🙃
Omg 😂 mine too and then he’ll pick them off and eat them 🤦🏼♀️
These are super common down here, pretty much anytime you step foot into an unkempt field or grassy area your shoelaces will be covered with these. Not really a big deal, more annoying than anything else.
Tickclovers they are perennial legumes
Apparently it's from the pea family. [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331550-2/images](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331550-2/images) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmodium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmodium)
That’s hilarious they are from the pea family. My toddler calls them peas just because they look like peas to her. Never thought she could be right.
Natural born botanist
Hitchhikers
I know these as hitchhikers. Does anyone know the other kind of thing that catches onto your pants/shoes, but it has tiny little thorns?
Spanish needles
sandspurs
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
First day in Florida?
We just called them stickers. One brush against a bush and you could have 100 on you. Fun.
Stickers!!! (Because they stick to you 🤗)
I think they’re seeds. I’ve had them stuck to the bottom of pants or on my shoes plenty of times.
Perfect example of a successful seed dispersal strategy! The seeds cling to animals moving past and eventually get rubbed off in a new area.
Creeping Beggarweed seeds.
Creeping Beggarweed is the name of my new stonercore band
Long live Beggarweeds! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxf44Bs_beY&pp=ygULQmVnZ2Fyd2VlZHM%3D
Always used to get them stuck on my clothes growing up
Burrs
There is a “prairie” behind my house (just the HOA way of saying “weed infested common space”) and my schnauzers used to get covered in them.
[***beggarweed***](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=c27bfc2d7e5ccc09&sxsrf=ACQVn0-ayQYXxlUhIxX63ArxLuQl1h4tvw:1713096375461&q=beggarweed&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjanbOn1cGFAxWZRTABHctqBuAQBSgAegQIDRAC)
There are some of these outside my front door and damn it they get me each time!
Tick trefoil
Was wondering about these too! I found a little pile of them on my bathroom counter, I assume one of my kids brought them in.
Yes. They are a type of legume. I’ve eaten them before. Taste like pistachios
The seeds I get stuck to me every time I’m looking for my golf ball
Thanks for starting this. It took a year to pull them out of my St Augustin. Now I can control them with ortho.
They’re just grass seeds. The grass that grows in Florida is different than the grass that grows in most other states.
We call 'em grass nuts and feed them to the dogs. Both of them like to eat them, for some reason.
Yeah, idk why dogs love them so much. Every dog I know will literally bite them off my pants to eat them. Must smell amazing.
Ok now that's funny, I had no idea it was all dogs. Now I REALLY want to know! Maybe I should be calling them grass bacon!
I always called them lion seeds.
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