Button grass

Button grass

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Scientific Name
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Pest Alias
Coast button grass, Durban Crowfoot, Durban Crowfoot, Durban Crowfootgrass, Coast Button Grass, Beach Wiregrass, Common Crowfoot, Helicopter Grass, Egyptian Crowfoot, Coast Buttongrass, Coast Duck Grass, Coast Grass, Crow Foot, Duck Grass, Egyptian Fingergrass, L.M. Grass, Starfish Grass
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Genus:
Dactyloctenium
Species:
Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Dactyloctenium aegyptium, or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native to Africa and Asia.[1] The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites.

Description

at Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden

This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usually about 30 centimeters tall.[2]

Food

Dactyloctenium aegyptium is still a traditional food plant used as a famine food in Africa, this little-known grain has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare.[citation needed]

Invasive species

In other areas of the world, including parts of the United States, the grass is considered a weed and invasive species.

References

  1. ^ "Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. ^ National Research Council (1996-02-14). "Wild Grains". Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains. Vol. 1. National Academies Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-309-04990-0. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
 
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus aegyptius

 

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Button grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Scientific Name
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Pest Alias
Coast button grass, Durban Crowfoot, Durban Crowfoot, Durban Crowfootgrass, Coast Button Grass, Beach Wiregrass, Common Crowfoot, Helicopter Grass, Egyptian Crowfoot, Coast Buttongrass, Coast Duck Grass, Coast Grass, Crow Foot, Duck Grass, Egyptian Fingergrass, L.M. Grass, Starfish Grass
Kingdom:
Plantae
Phylum:
Tracheophyta
Subphylum:
Angiospermae
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Poales
Family:
Poaceae
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Genus:
Dactyloctenium
Species:
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Button grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium, or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native to Africa and Asia.[1] The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites.

Description

at Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden

This grass creeps and has a straight shoot which are usually about 30 centimeters tall.[2]

Food

Dactyloctenium aegyptium is still a traditional food plant used as a famine food in Africa, this little-known grain has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare.[citation needed]

Invasive species

In other areas of the world, including parts of the United States, the grass is considered a weed and invasive species.

References

  1. ^ "Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  2. ^ National Research Council (1996-02-14). "Wild Grains". Lost Crops of Africa: Volume I: Grains. Vol. 1. National Academies Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-309-04990-0. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
 
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Cynosurus aegyptius

 

Stub icon

This Chloridoideae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Dactyloctenium aegyptium", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.