Found some sandbur .... the hard way

[Bowsnbucks]

Just got back from a week at the Maryland beach. Walking out from the condo on a sandy path out and over the dune, I stepped on a sandbur in bare feet. Wow - that got my attention !! I knew what it was from the pix you guys posted the week before. This is a plant that I don't see around my regular stomping grounds. It can stay at the beach.

It seems to me, a good start to the penalty phase for a rapist would be to throw him into a pit filled with sandbur - naked.

 

[buckdeer1]

The little brown ones hurt worse.They are all over my place

 

[Turkey Creek]

We have what we call Texas Sandburs (some people call it puncture vine) which have the 3 main spikes and then common sandbur which looks like foxtail but instead has head full of pain!

 

[Catscratch]

We always called them stickers and goatheads. All of them hurt and itch. Had a friend grabbing seed heads out the window of the car one day while driving gravel roads. He reached out one time and then screamed... brought his hand back in with his palm full of them. :)

 

[Bowsnbucks]

The ones I hit were dry and brown. I think common sandbur. Someone had posted a pic of one on another thread in response to my question, " what is a sandbur ? " NOW I know !! Pain is the right word. The dunes had a big variety of strange ( to me ) plants seeded there to anchor the dunes from storms. I stepped on sandbur while carrying 2 armloads of " necessities " to the beach. :mad:

 

[wiscwhip]

;)....................told ya!

 

[Bill]

My wife and I took a drive to Cape May, NJ today. Late sept is the best time to go to the beach. The rug rats are back in school and the place is quiet.

Saw this and thought about you guys. As a kid I can't tell you how many I stepped on in the yard.

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[Bowsnbucks]

I did some dancing !!! :mad:

Bill - Just saw your post & pic. We both posted same time. Yep - that's the little sob with the big hurt !! ^^^^^

 

[Turkey Creek]

That looks like a cross between the two varieties that I am familiar with. That does look like Satan's child!