Echinochloa crus-galli: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. image

Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz

Botanical Illustration	Botanical Illustration	Botanical Illustration	Emmet J. Judziewicz	Hugh H. Iltis
Kitty Kohout	Kurt Stüber	Josh Sulman	Josh Sulman	Josh Sulman
from USDA Plants Website

Family Poaceae
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv.
barnyard grass, large barnyard grass
Echinochloa: Greek echinos for "hedgehog" and chloa for grass, referring to allusion of bristling awns
crus-galli: cock's spur

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Status:	Introduced - naturalized
Plant:	annual grass
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Synonyms

Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. subsp. crus-galli
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. var. crus-galli
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P.Beauv. var. mitis (Pursh) Peterm.
Echinochloa muricata (P.Beauv.) Fernald var. occidentalis Wiegand
Echinochloa occidentalis (Wiegand) Rydb.
Echinochloa pungens (Poir.) Rydb. var. coarctata Fernald & Griscom
Panicum crus-galli L.

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