Durban Grass (Dactyloctenium australe)
Description
Stoloniferous perennial with slender erect or geniculately ascending culms 32-80 cm high. Leaf-blades flat, 5-27 cm long, up to 4.5 mm wide, pilose with tubercle-based hairs. Inflorescence of 3-6 ascending spikes each 3.2-5 cm in length. Spikelets 4-6-flowered, 5-5.5 mm long, the stout awn on the upper glume from slightly longer than to about twice as long as the glume; lemma tips long aristulate; anthers 1.3-1.7 mm long; grain 1-1.5 mm long, transversely rugose.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Dactyloctenium
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