| Author | (L.) Gaertner | |
| Distribution | Throughout the state; no doubt in every county.
Native in Africa; in N.A. throughout most of the U.S., rare in Canada. | |
| Abundance | Common throughout. | |
| Habitat | Mostly dry to mesic soils of roadsides, lawns, fallow cropfields, garden weed, campusus, sidewalk cracks, waste areas, vacant lots, etc. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting June-October. | |
| Identification | Indian Goose-grass is one of those weedy grasses with a handlike inflorescence (digitate). There may be 4-10 "fingers" at the tip of the stem, sometimes a single one well below. The fingers are held somewhat erect, sometimes rather horizontal. From Dactyloctenium it differs in its blunt tip to each "finger" (vs. taper-pointed). | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACU link |
| USACE-emp | FACU link |
