Again, Lounge led to an answer: Got my grassy yard weed identified: Hooded Windmill

[UTUSN]

My questions were: It's name. And how to get rid of it. Somebody here suggested consulting the county extention agent.

So, I took a few of the weeds-that-have-a-right-to-exist-as-much-as-I over there (with an appointent). The agent knew it well since it was growing everywhere across the street but didn't have the name on the tip of her tongue and her crew couldn't put their hands on a flyer about "native grasses." But she called me later that day with the news that it is "hooded windmill grass." Her suggestion for warring on it was to use "a wicking device attached to an applicator," whatever *that* is, that I needed to daub each stem (only) to kill just each individual weed not the surrounding grass.

Meanwhile I stopped at a nursery, where the employee said the way to control/rid it is to mow the affected area totally frequently, BEFORE it goes to seed at all, just as soon as the weed pokes above the surrounding grass.

So, thanks!1 With a wink and a nod to the Gardening and Baking forum.

[hedgehog]

1. It's not a weed, it's a wild flower!

[pipi_k]

3. Wonder if

you can smoke it?

[pipi_k]

2. Wicking device

with an applicator...

sounds like the old shoe polish thingies that you would squeeze and the polish would come out the sponge doodad on top of the bottle.

My only guess is that maybe the stuff you need to kill them with is so toxic to other things that you want to be very precise about application.

Did the person say it's particularly invasive or deadly to other plants? I've never seen it where I live...

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. Chloris cucullata

Chloris is a genus of grasses which are known generally as windmill grass or finger grass.

These grasses are found worldwide, but especially in the tropical and subtropical regions, and more often in the Southern Hemisphere. Grasses of this genus are variable in morphology, but in general the plants are less than half a meter in height and they bear inflorescences shaped like umbels, with several plumes lined with rows of spikelets. The genus was named for Chloris of Greek myth, a figure associated with flowers and spring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloris_cucullata

try this..
gather up all the stems to one plant and cut off the top of the little bundle of stems, then dip a paintbrush in round-up (evil stuff kills everything) and dab the cut tops (while still holding the stems together).

I did this for some kind of perennial grass that popped up in my yard. I actually liked it, but it decided to grow in the middle of a path . same technique works great for wild blackberries. cut off 2 inches above the ground and paint the stump w/roundup.