Goosegrass, Silver Crabgrass
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
Poaceae (Grass Family)
▲ ▼ seedlings
▲▼young plants
▲large, mature plant
▲▼plants showing silvery or lighter-colored stem bases at center of plant
▲▼ inflorescences
▲▼inflorescence detail
▲ flattened stem bases and whitish collar region
▲▼ collar (above) and ligule region (below) on leaf
Goosegrass:
· also warm-season, annual grass with spreading growth habit
· center (lower stem bases) of plant sort of silverish in color; plant sometimes called "silver crabgrass"; grows 1-12" tall
· tolerates dry, wet and compacted soils; tough, deep root system (hard to pull)
· digitate panicle, similar to crabgrass, but florets more dense, thicker than crabgrasses (see smooth crabgrass, southern crabgrass and large crabgrass for comparisons)
