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|accepted_name=Eleusine indica
|accepted_authority=(L.) Gaertn.
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|common_names=Goosegrass;Eleusine des indes;Eleusine d'inde
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Eleusine;Eleusine indica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eleusine]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eleusine indica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 109
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual. <b>Culms</b> 30-90 cm, erect or ascending, some-what compressed; lower internodes 1.5-2 mm thick. <b>Sheaths</b> conspicuously keeled, margins often with long, papillose-based hairs, particularly near the throat; ligules 0.2-1 mm, truncate, erose; blades 15-40 cm long, 3-7 mm wide, with prominent, white midveins, margins and/or adaxial surfaces often with basal papillose-based hairs. <b>Panicles</b> with 4-10(17) branches, often with 1 branch attached as much as 3 cm below the terminal cluster; branches (3.5)7-16 cm long, 3-5.5 mm wide, linear. <b>Spikelets</b> 4-7 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, with 5-7 florets, obliquely attached to the branch axes. <b>Lower</b> glumes 1.1-2.3 mm, 1-veined; upper glumes 2-2.9 mm; lemmas 2.4-4 mm; paleas with narrowly winged keels. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid, rugulose and obliquely striate, usually not exposed at maturity. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;W.Va.;Wis.;Del.;D.C.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;Ont.;Que.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.Dak.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;R.I.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Eleusine indica</i> is a common weed in the warmer regions of the world. In the Flora region, it usually grows in disturbed areas and lawns, and has been found in most states of the contiguous United States.</p>
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name=Eleusine indica
|authority=(L.) Gaertn.
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Karen Klitz
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Conn.;N.J.;N.Y.;W.Va.;Wis.;Del.;D.C.;Mass.;Maine;N.H.;Ont.;Que.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Fla.;Puerto Rico;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.Dak.;Tenn.;N.C.;S.C.;Pa.;Kans.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Virgin Islands;Calif.;Ala.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;Ariz.;Md.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;R.I.;Miss.;Ky.;Oreg.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/200273ad09963decb8fc72550212de541d86569d/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V25/V25_175.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Eleusine
|species=Eleusine indica
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