RANGE GRASSES OF HAWAIl - ctahr - University of Hawaii
RANGE GRASSES OF HAWAIl - ctahr - University of Hawaii
RANGE GRASSES OF HAWAIl - ctahr - University of Hawaii
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20 BULLETIN 65, HAWAII EXPERIMENT STATION<br />
No. lB. ELEUSINE INDICA (6, p.160)<br />
Common names: Crowfoot, goose grass or yard grass<br />
Eleusine ind1:ca was originally described from India (6, p. 161), and<br />
is common to the Tropics. It was fir"t collected on Oahu in 1902.<br />
FIGURE 18.-Eleusine indica<br />
USllally annual, but sometimes perennial, ,vith semierect or spreading<br />
stems, yard grass is, <strong>of</strong>ten classed as a weed. Locally, however, it is<br />
,regarded as a good maintenance gra,ss and is readily eaten by cattle<br />
and by horses ,vhen the more succulent grasses are not available.
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