Dactylis glomerata

Plant Characteristics

Origin:	✈	[[Origin::Europe, Asia, N Africa]]

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot or Orchard Grass or Cocksfoot Grass) is a common grass, native to .

It is usually treated as the sole species in the genus Dactylis, but is commonly divided into several regional subspecies; some botanists treat some of these as distinct species, or at the lower rank of variety.

Read about Dactylis glomerata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Dactylis (Greek daktulos, a finger). Gramineae. A perennial tufted grass with flat blades, thin prominent ligules and sheaths closed nearly to the throat, grown for forage and one form for ornament. Panicles glomerate; spikelets 2-5-fld., nearly sessile in dense 1-sided fascicles, these arranged in a panicle; lemmas hispid-ciliate on the keels, awn-tipped, compressed.—Species 1, north temperate regions of the Old World. Dactylis glomerata, Linn. Orchard-grass. Fig. 1203. A coarse grass. 2-3 ft., forming large tussocks: panicle a few stiff branches, expanding in fl., afterwards appressed.—Commonly cult, as a pasture and meadow grass and useful for lawns under trees. Var. variegata, Hort., is a dwarf form of compact habit with foliage variegated silver and green; used for borders. Prop, by division; of easy cultivation. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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Subspecies

• Dactylis glomerata subsp. glomerata
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. himalayensis
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. hispanica (syn. D. hispanica)
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. ibizensis
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. judaica
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. juncinella
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. lobata (syn. D. aschersoniana)
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. lusitanica
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. marina (syn. D. marina)
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. santai
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. smithii
• Dactylis glomerata subsp. woronowii (syn. D. woronowii)

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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