Dactylis glomerata L.

  • Authority

    Hitchcock, Albert S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-xx, 291-556.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Dactylis glomerata L.

  • Description

    Description - A rather coarse roughish perennial, commonly about 1 meter tall, with flat blades and panicles of few to several branches naked at base, bearing toward the ends clusters of densely crowded, sparsely pilose spikelets, these 0.8 to 1 cm. long.

  • Common Names

    orchard grass