Eleusine Gaertn.
Axes of the spikelets terminated by a spikelet Eleusine
Digitate branches of the inflorescence 2–4, equal or unequal, 1–3 cm long. Spikelets densely crowded. Erect, glabrous perennial up to 20 cm high or forming a mat. Widespread. Weed; roadsides; usually around habitation. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. summer. Goose Grass or Crabgrass Eleusine tristachya
Digitate branches of the inflorescence 6–8, equal or nearly so, 5–8 cm long. Spikelets overlapping. Erect, glabrous perennial, occasionally forming mats, up to 50 cm high. Widespread. Weed; roadsides; usually around habitation. Cosmop. in tropics and subtropics. Crowsfoot Grass Eleusine indica