Junglerice

Echinochloa colona (L.) Link

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ young plant

▲▼stem with inflorescences

▲ close up of inflorescence and leaf with characteristic purplish markings

 

·         junglerice:

o        similar to barnyardgrass

o       has smaller, purplish, short-awned inflorescences, usually with fewer branches than barnyardgrass

o        more stems, more spreading growth habit than barnyardgrass

o        has purplish markings on leaves

o        common in southern U.S. crops