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An annual grass.
Common Name : Goosegrass
Family : Poaceae
Erect, slender, flattened, radiating outwards
from a central distinctive white center.
2-14 inches long, 3-8 mm wide, without hairs or
only sparsely hairy, and folded along the
midvein. The ligule is 1-2 mm long, fringed,
uneven, and membranous. Sheaths are
flattened, whitish at the base, and sparsely
hairy in the collar region.
Seed heads composed of 2-13 spikes each 1.5 to
6 inches long, 3-7 mm wide, in clusters at the
top of stems. Two rows of flattened spikelets
occur along each spike.
Light brown to black, 1-2 mm long.
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner.
Weed ID Manual 145