| Everywhere were bluets and Spanish bayonets, goosefoot, morning glories and day lilies, the hairy-fruited bean, purslane and clotbur and sesame and panic grass and feverfew. |
| A green stripe of broad clotbur, a plant that grows in habitats in which there are seasonal water pools, attested that the leaks are a routine matter here. |
| Beach clotbur has rough, sandpapery, triangular leaves and sharp burry fruits. |
| Spiny clotbur has upright growth habit, long shiny dark green leaves, cactuslike spines and seeds like cocklebur. |
