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Poaceae
Eleusine

not marked as a favorite taxon *Eleusine tristachya (Lamarck) Lamarck. Common name: Three-spike Goose-grass. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Waste areas of wool-combing mills, other disturbed areas, perhaps only a waif. Distribution: Native of South America. Reported as introduced in additional, scattered states in e. United States, including VA (Kartesz 1999, but apparently in error), NJ (Hilu 1980) and AL (Small 1933).

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Origin/Endemic status: South America

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FNA25, Il, K4, Mo1, S; = n/a — C, RAB. Basionym: Cynosurus tristachyos Lam. 1786

Links to other floras: = Eleusine tristachya - FNA25

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