Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Cynodon > C. dactylon

Description: Slender, stoloniferous creeping perennial herbs. Leaves 1-10 x 0.1-0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous; sheaths keeled; ligules fimbriate, membranous. Inflorescence of terminal, digitate 3-4 spikes; spikes 1-sided, oblong to 5 cm long. Spikelets sessile, 2-3 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, laterally compressed, 1-flowered. Lower glume 1.5-2 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate, chartaceous,1-nerved; upper glume c. 2 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate, chartaceous, 1-nerved; lemma 2-3 x 1.5-2 mm, boat-shaped, ovate-oblong when spread, keeled; palea 2-2.5 x 0.5-1 mm, boat-shaped or oblong when spread, chartaceous. Stamens 3; anthers 1-1.5 mm long. Ovary c. 0.5 mm long, oblong; stigmas 0.5-1 mm long, pink. Caryopsis 1 mm, linear.

Flowering and Fruiting: March-October

Uses: Uses in Ayurveda, Folk medicine and Homoeopathy.

Cultivation: Ornamental, Wild.

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org