Dactyloctenum

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Dactyloctenum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Dactyloctenum (Greek, daktulos, finger, and ktenion, a little comb). Gramineae. Finger-comb Grass. Annual grasses with spreading or creeping stems, one of which has been offered as an ornamental subject. Spikelets several-fld., sessile, crowded in 2-6 digitate 1-sided, rather broad, flattened spikes; axis of spike extending beyond the spikelets as a naked point. Species 2, warm regions of the Old World. One species, D. aegyptium, Richt. (D. aegyptiacum, Willd. Eleusine aegyptica, Desf. Cynosurus aegyptius. Linn.), Crow-foot, is a common weed in Trop. Amer. The 3-5 short spikes are divaricate at the summit of the culms, about 2 in. long.—It has been offered as an ornamental grass for garden cult., but has little value. Mojave Indians of S. Calif, use the grain for food. In Afr. a decoction is prepared from the seeds for inflammation of the kidneys. A. S. Hitchcock. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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