Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.) Willd
Common Name : Crowfoot grass
Family : Poaceae

HABIT |
ANNUAL, VERY VARIABLE, GRASS, 10-44 CM HIGH. |
STEMS |
ERECT OR CREEPING CULMS, ROOTING FROM THE PROFUSELY BRANCHED NODES. |
LEAVES |
LINEAR, TAPERING TO A FINE POINT, 2-10 CM LONG AND 0.2-0.4 CM WIDE, FLAT, GLAUCOUS, GLABROUS OR HISPID; LEAF SHEATHS STRIATE, THE LOWER WHITISH; LIGULES MEMBRANOUS, VERY SHORT. |
FLOWERS |
INFLORESCENCE COMPRISED OF 2-6 DIGITATE SPIKES, 0.5-4 CM LONG, OLIVE-GREY; SPIKELETS 2-5 FLOWERED, SPREADING AT RIGHT ANGLES, PENDULOUS, STRONGLY STRIATE. |
FRUITS |
GRAIN 0.5-1 MM LONG, SUBGLOBOSE, REDDISH, VERY RUGOSE. |