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Glumes stiff-hispid; spikelets ± loosely arranged on one side of the rhachis Echinochloa
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Spikelets awnless
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Fruit 1.4–2 mm long, 1.1–1.6 mm wide. Panicle less compact, if densely crowded then more openly spreading
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Spikelets 2–3 mm long, usually violet tinged and conspicuously hispid, awned or awnless. Hairs present at the base of the inflorescence branches. Culms up to 90 cm high. Widespread. Garden weed; pastures. Introd. from tropics. Fl. summer. Barnyard Grass Echinochloa crus-galli