Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Eleusine// Species: Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native from Temperate and Subtropical Old World according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Disturbed ground, gardens, urban areas.

Lifeform: Annual; Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer- autumn: AUG, SEP, OCT.

Eleusine indica - habit. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - habit. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - habit. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - habit. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
21.10.20Eleusine indica - habit. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.21
Eleusine indica - inflorescence with spikes. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - inflorescence with spikes. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - inflorescence with spikes. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - developing inflorescence. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - developing inflorescence. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - spikes. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - spikes. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - spike with spikelets. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - spike with spikelets. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - spike with spikelets. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - leaves. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - leaf. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - leaf sheaths ang ligules . Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - leaf sheaths ang ligules . Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - plant base. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eleusine indica - plant base. Kochani, 21.10.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:74675-3 [Accessed 01.11.2021].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.