Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn., 1788 39% complete

Crowfoot grass

Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 8 (1788)

Data sources

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Sourced13 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (L.) Gaertn. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 8 (1788) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1788 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Crowfoot grass No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Trop. & Subtrop. Old World No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 24 cm
  • 23.6 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 75, 164, 500, 818, 853, 882
Differs from sources
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 164, 350, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white
  • white · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 75 cm
  • 75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 75, 164, 500, 818, 853, 882
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jul, aug, sep, oct Differs from sources
Duration annual, perennial
  • annual, perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 460, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 3 / 9 · rather dry air
  • 3 / 9 · rather dry air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Light 9 / 9 · full sun
  • 9 / 9 · full sun · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 6.5
  • pH 6.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic)
  • 7 / 9 · rich (eutrophic) · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type — Not on the record