Grass Description
Found in lawns, along roads, waste places, farmed lands, and disturbed ground.
General Description
Introduced, tufted grass with rolled leaf arrangement, stems bent at the base and ascending above, branching, smooth.
Annual tufted grass 1 to 3 feet, erect stems that branch at the base; spikelike, erect seedhead,rounded at the apex; spikelets less than 1/8 inch long; 3 to 5 bristles subtend spikelets; lower glume hairy on back.
Flower Characteristics
Seedhead a terminal arrangement of spikelets, dense, 1 to 8 inches long, spikelike, numerous bristles about 1/3 inch long. Bristles green or purplish, rough. Spikelets nearly stalkless to short-stalked, about 1/16 inch long, lance-shaped to ellipsoid.
Vegetative Characteristics
Blades to 10 inches long, about 1/16 inch wide, lance-shaped, flat, smooth or rough, parallel-veined.
Not available.