Grass Description
Grows in open areas, particulary common in moist, disturbed sites such as fields, pastures, roadsides, and waste places.
General Description
Stems erect or spreading at the base, often much branched. Stems are hairy at their nodes.
Annual, highly branched, stems spread from the base. Seedhead open, spreading, often partially in the sheath, falling intact when mature. Spikelets rounded, 2-flowered and reddish-purple in color. Blades hairy, flat. Ligule membranous with stiff hairs.
Flower Characteristics
Seedheads large and dome-shaped, often more than half the length of the plant and often hidden in the sheaths. Mature seedhead breaks away from the plant as a unit, becoming a tumbleweed. Spikelets reddish-purple, 2-flowered, with one fertile floret.
Vegetative Characteristics
Blades 8 to 10 inches long, flat or folded and hairy on both surfaces.
Not available.