Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
None
Dactyloctenium aegyptium is an annual exotic grass that shows up in disturbed fields. The inflorescence is a panicle with three to six 2-3 cm long spike-like branches all attached at the top of the stem. The spikelets have just a few (usually 2-3) florets. The spikelets are arranged in two rows on the underside of the branches. The second glumes and lemmas may have short awns. The leaf sheath and base of the blade have long hairs.
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Dactyloctenium aegyptium, photo Russ Kleinman, in gravel at edge of sports field in Pinos Altos, October 22, 2014
Dactyloctenium aegyptium, fertile culm, photo Russ Kleinman, in gravel at edge of sports field in Pinos Altos, October 22, 2014
Dactyloctenium aegyptium, 1x macro of adaxial (top) view of digitate branches of panicle, photo Russ Kleinman, in gravel at edge of sports field in Pinos Altos, October 22, 2014
Dactyloctenium aegyptium, 1x macro of adaxial (top) view of digitate branches of panicle, photo Russ Kleinman, in gravel at edge of sports field in Pinos Altos, October 22, 2014
Dactyloctenium aegyptium, 1x macro of abaxial (bottom) view of digitate branches of panicle, photo Russ Kleinman, in gravel at edge of sports field in Pinos Altos, October 22, 2014
Dactyloctenium aegyptium, 3x macro of hairs at margin of leaf blade and sheath, photo Russ Kleinman, in gravel at edge of sports field in Pinos Altos, October 22, 2014
Dactyloctenium aegyptium, 5x macro of spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman, in gravel at edge of sports field in Pinos Altos, October 22, 2014
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