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Morphology
- Culm
- Prostrate to ascending or erect, slightly flattened, glabrous.
- Blades
- Flat or folded, 2-8 inches long, less than 1/4 inch wide, mostly glabrous but sometimes with long hairs on upper surface near ligule; tips blunt or rounded.
- Sheath
- Loose, keeled, overlapping below, flattened, sparsely hairy or glabrous.
- Ligule
- Membranous, irregularly cut or torn.
- Inflorescence
- Panicles; branches 2-10, spike-like, 1.5 to 4 inches long, crowded at tip of culm, palmately whorled, sometimes 1 or 2 borne below main whorl.
- Spikelets
- Numerous, crowded, 2-7-flowered; awns absent; florets sessile, closely overlapping in 2 rows along 1 side of rachis.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Waste areas, lawns, and fields, common in compacted soils that border trails and roads.
- Distribution
- Principally east 3/4 of Kansas.
Additional Notes
Comments
Tufted. This naturalized grass is a common weed in tropical and subtropical areas.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Grass
- Family
- Poaceae - Grass Family
- Life Span
- Annual
- Height
- 4-30 inches
- Last Updated
- 2021-02-20
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Blooms: July, August, September