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Cynodon dactylon

Cynodon nlemfuënsis

bermuda grass
Habit Perennial with elongate, scaly rhizomes, the culms decumbent and freely rooting, the upright portion 1-3 dm. tall, hollow.
Leaves

Sheaths open, the collars and throats long-hairy;

ligules a fringe of straight hairs 2-4 mm. long;

blades flat, short, 1.5-3 mm. broad.

Flowers

Inflorescence of 4 or 5 digitate, terminal spikes up to 5 cm. long;

spikelets sessile, borne in two rows, one on each side of the rachis, usually 1-flowered, articulate above the glumes;

glumes about 1.5 mm. long;

lemmas longer than the glumes, compressed, with hairs along the 2 nerves;

palea subequal to the lemma, 2-nerved.

Cynodon dactylon

Cynodon nlemfuënsis
Flowering time June-September
Habitat A weed of lawns, pastures, roadsides, railroad tracks, wastelots, and other disturbed areas.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, southern Great Plains and eastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from Eurasia
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. dactylon
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