Eleusine indica Calflora

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Taxon Report

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Goose grass, Indian goosegrass

2022 Jennifer Mo

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2022 Ron Vanderhoff

2024 Adonis Tate

2014 Ron Vanderhoff

2022 Ron Vanderhoff

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2005 Luigi Rignanese

Eleusine indica is an annual grasslike herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~119 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Eleusine
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs in non wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cynosurus indicus

Information about Eleusine indica from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ELIN3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).