knotgrass

• Planta herbácea silvestre y rastrera, considerada comúnmente una mala hierba, con tallos nudosos y pequeñas flores o espigas axilares; también se usa como planta medicinal y forrajera.

A low-growing weedy grass characterized by spikelets that grow along the leaf stems.

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   A common annual weed that grows low to the ground, with small spikelets of flowers or seeds along its slender stems.

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   • The garden was overrun with knotgrass after the rainy season.
   • Knotgrass often forms dense mats in lawns and disturbed soil.
   • Farmers consider knotgrass a persistent weed in crop fields.
   • The leaves of knotgrass are small and oval, arranged alternately on the stem.

   Sinónimospigweed