Carolina Foxtail

(Alopercurus carolinianus)

Characteristics

Leaves	Ligule	Flower

Growing habits: Tufted, erect or ascending winter annual

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots

Leaf anatomy: Upper and lower leaf surfaces scabrous, sheaths smooth & slightly inflated, membranous ligule

Reproduction: Erect cylindrical panicle inflorescences, single-flowered spikelets

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}