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Echinochloa crus-pavonis
Also called Gulf Barnyard Grass, South American Barnyard Grass, Gulf Cockspur, Jungle Rice, Watergrass
Gulf cockspur grass is a tall annual grass in the family Poaceae, often a weed of wet ground and rice fields rather than a garden plant. It thrives in wet, sunny, disturbed sites and grows fast from seed.
Echinochloa crus-pavonis is a species of grass known by the common name gulf cockspur grass. It is native to much of the Americas, Africa, and part of Asia, and it is known throughout the world as an introduced species. It is an annual grass often exceeding 1.5 meters in maximum height. The inflorescence is divided into several branches coated in green spikelets.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinochloa crus-pavonis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
