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Eleusine indica

goosegrass
Habit Glabrous annual, branching at the base, the hollow culms up to 6 dm. tall.
Leaves

Sheaths open, the throat with hairs up to 6 mm. long;

ligules 0.5 mm. long;

blades folded, 3-8 mm. broad.
Flowers

Inflorescence of 3-6 digital spikes up to 10 cm. long;

spikelets several-flowered, articulate above the glume, sessile in 2 rows on one side of the rachis;

glumes 3-4 mm. long;

lemmas about 4 mm. long, the paleas about half as long as the lemmas;

lemmas unawned, with a strong keel and 2 prominent, greenish, lateral nerves;

paleas 2-nerved;

stamens 3.

Eleusine indica
Flowering time July - August
Habitat Waste ground and roadsides.
Distribution
Uncommon weed in western Oregon; more common in California and eastern United States.
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Origin Introduced from Africa
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. tristachya
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