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Axes of the spikelets terminated by a spikelet Eleusine
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