Eleusine indica
Common names
crowfoot grass
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Grasses
Simplified description
Roots fibrous, stems smooth, sometimes upright but usually nearly prostrate 15 to 60 cm long, sometimes slightly roughened. Inflorescence finger-like, similar to crabgrass, with 2 to 10 segments 2.5 to 7.5 cm long. Spikelets 3 to 6 seeded along the edges of the rachis. (Wax, Fawcett and Isley 1981)
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
Year naturalised
1855
Origin
widespread
Reason for introduction
Seeds very small, reddish brown, rough, ridged. (Wax, Fawcett and Isley 1981)
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ELEIND
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Wax LM, Fawcett RS, Isley D, eds. 1981. Weeds of the North Central States. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Agriculture, Illinois, USA. 303 p.