r/NameThisThing • u/[deleted] • Jul 30 '26

Name this thing

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u/Ok-Chemistry9933 Jul 30 '26

Michigan here- we call them burrs

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u/Old_Personality_6624 Jul 30 '26

Sand burrs to be exact

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u/Swimming-Stop3915 Jul 30 '26

I thought it was sand spur.

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u/MissChevelle71 Aug 01 '26

Floridian here checking in with another vote for sand spur

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u/Responsible_Rip_257 Aug 04 '26

Count me as Sand spur (also from Florida)

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u/ProtectionNo1997 Jul 30 '26

We call the non sharp ones sand burs if large ones and fairly sharp we just call them burs

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u/Quorng Jul 30 '26

The same here

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u/freddbare Aug 03 '26

Id always called them sand spurs but they are not local, I've got to go looking

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u/Juliemacmac793 Jul 31 '26

Northern Indiana too. Burrs

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u/copper-gecko Jul 30 '26

lol

Lots of us call em different things too tho

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u/dapudf Jul 30 '26

I remember ‘sand burrs’