Dactylis glomerata

Family	Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name	Dactylis glomerata L.
Synonyms	Bromus glomeratus (L.) Scopoli; Dactylis abbreviata Bernhardi ex Link; Dactylis aschersoniana Graebn; Dactylis glaucescens Willdenow; Dactylis glomerata L. forma glaucescens (Willdenow) Alefeld; Dactylis glomerata L. forma viridis Alefeld; Dactylis glomerata L. subsp. aschersoniana (Graebner) Thellung; Dactylis glomerata L. subsp. euglomerata Hayek; Dactylis glomerata L. subsp. hispanica (Roth) Nyman; Dactylis glomerata L. subsp. lobata (Drejer) M. Marsson ex Soest; Dactylis glomerata L. var. abbreviata (Link) Lange; Dactylis glomerata L. var. ciliata Petermann; Dactylis glomerata L. var. detonsa Fries; Dactylis glomerata L. var. glaucescens (Willdenow) Duby; Dactylis glomerata L. var. lobata Drejer; Dactylis glomerata L. var. maritima Hallier; Dactylis glomerata L. var. nemorosa Klett & Richter ex Petermann; Dactylis glomerata L. var. subsessilis Petermann; Dactylis glomerata L. var. typica Pospichal; Dactylis glomerata L. var. vivipara Parl; Dactylis hispanica Roth; Dactylis pendula Dumortier; Festuca glomerata (L.) Allioni; Limnetis glomerata (L.) Eaton; Trachypoa vulgaris Bubani
Common name	(Japanese common name) kamo-gaya [duck thatch]
	(English common name) barnyard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, orchard grass
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) [native] Russia, Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Chromosomal number	2n=14, 28
Description	Culms 30-120cm. Leaves 10-40cm length, 3-14mm width. Flowers inflorescences 10-25cm, spikelets 5-9mm, flowering in May to August. Annual plants.
Reference	Dactylis glomerata L.
	Dactylis glomerata L.
Note	Naturalized plants (introduced in 1861-1864).

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May 2007 at riverside