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Crowfootgrass
Dactyloctenium aegyptium |
| Tufted summer annual with upwardly bent stems. Leaves with row of hairs extending outward from the margin at the base of blade. Spikelets arranged on two to five "fingers" at tip of the stem. Outer tips of fingers extended giving seedhead a "crowfoot" appearance. Reproduces by seed. Fairly common in low maintenance areas in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions of the southern states, north to New York and west to California. Also found in the West Indies, Central and South America, Australia, Europe, Asia, Tropical Africa and Hawaii. |