Goosegrass

Goosegrass, Silver Crabgrass

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Poaceae (Grass Family)

▲ ▼ seedlings

▲ ▼ young plants

▲ large, mature plant

▲ ▼ plants showing silvery or lighter-colored stem bases at center of plant

▲ ▼ inflorescences

▲ ▼ inflorescence detail

▲ flattened stem bases and whitish collar region

▲ ▼ collar (above) and ligule region (below) on leaf

Goosegrass:

also warm-season, annual grass with spreading growth habit
center (lower stem bases) of plant sort of silverish in color; plant sometimes called "silver crabgrass"; grows 1-12" tall
tolerates dry, wet and compacted soils; tough, deep root system (hard to pull)
digitate panicle, similar to crabgrass, but florets more dense, thicker than crabgrasses (see smooth crabgrass, southern crabgrass and large crabgrass for comparisons)