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Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : dacgl

Scientific name: Dactylis glomerata L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: cock's-foot

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Knaulgras ; ES : dactilo ; FR : dactyle aggloméré ; IT : erba mazzolina comune ; PT : panasco ; EN : cock's-foot ; NL : gewone kropaar ; DK : almindelig hundegræs

Biological type: Perennial

Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling snapshot Seedling:

- Shoot folded, leaf sheath flattened.

- Leaf blade 20-50 times longer than broad, leaf glabrous.

- Ligule membranous truncate or dentate, auricles absent.

Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 20-100 cm. Plant tufted, usually glabrous, blue, with a fibrous tufted root.

- Stem erect or decumbent, leafless at the apex.

- Leaves green, spreading, not distichous, flat or ridged.

- Inflorescence : dense panicle of glumes and floret-glumes ciliate on keel.

- Fruits : caryopsis oblong.

- Species cultivated as fodder plant giving an abundant yield, somewhat rough eaten by cattle and giving a hay of good quality when it is cut early.

- Biological type: Perennial.

Ecological profile (click on flags): BeneLux   Present     Germany  Rare     Denmark  Present     Spain  Present     France  Present     Great Britain  Rare     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

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