Echinochloa crusgalli var. crusgalli

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Echinochloa crusgalli var. crusgalli

  • Description

    Variety Description - Panicle-branches erect-appressed or spreading, with greenish or purple-tinged spikelets, these not so plump and closely crowded as in the next var.; sterile lemmas awnless or often some of them with ± well-developed awns, sometimes to 25 mm, plants mostly 3–7 dm. (E. occidentalis)

  • Common Names

    barnyard-grass