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Habit:<br />

Stem:<br />

Leaves:<br />

Flowers:<br />

Fruits:<br />

Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees. Ex Steud<br />

Erect or decumbent, annual grass.<br />

Solitary or tufted.<br />

Common Name : Chinese lovegrass<br />

<strong>Family</strong> : Poaceae<br />

Opposite, elliptic or obovate, form an acute or<br />

obtuse base, acuminate or rounded at apex.<br />

Inflorescence an oblong panicle, 10 cm long,<br />

spikelets two flowered, ovate-oblong,<br />

extremely compressed, purplish-red when<br />

mature. 4-7 mm long, the florets closely<br />

imbricate.<br />

Caryopsis compressed, ellipsoid, about 0.8<br />

mm long.<br />

<strong>Weed</strong> ID Manual 147

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