Dactylis glomerata

Dactylis glomerata
Habit with numerous, tall flowering culms emerging from a large tussock of long, narrow green leaves.
Dactylis glomerata subsp. glomerata, Ireland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Dactylis
Species:
D. glomerata
Binomial name
Dactylis glomerata

Dactylis glomerata is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, known as cock's-foot,[1] also colloquially as orchard grass, or cat grass (due to its popularity for use with domestic cats). It is a cool-season perennial C3 tufted grass native throughout most of Europe, temperate Asia, and northern Africa.[2][1][3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Interactive Flora of NW Europe Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot)[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Flora Europaea: Dactylis glomerata Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Lu, Sheng-lian; Phillips, Sylvia M. "Dactylis". Flora of China. Vol. 22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. ^ USDA Plant Fact Sheet: ORCHARDGRASS
  5. ^ "FAO factsheet: Dactylis glomerata". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-10-05.

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