Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 238.

Discussion

As noted above, this is by far the most common variety of Cynodon dactylon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

muticous +  and mucronate +
Mary E. Barkworth +
(L.) Pers. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
multiple +, , +  and single +
triquetrous +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
not fused +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
disarticulating +
convolute +  and conduplicate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
involute +  and convolute +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
spikelike +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
triangular +  and dome--shaped +
sometimes longer +
membranous +
ascending +  and erect +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Va. +, Del. +, D.C. +, W.Va. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Fla. +, N.H. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, La. +, B.C. +, Md. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Nev. +, Puerto Rico +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Virgin Islands +, Calif. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ariz. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Mass. +, Ohio +, Utah +, Mo. +, Mich. +, Miss. +  and Ky. +
not waisted +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
bisexual +  and fertile +
round +  and compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
muticous +  and keeled +
membranous +
uncinate +
subdigitate +  and digitate +
paniculate +  and racemose +
hollow +  and solid +
not absent +
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.31 cm3.1 mm <br />0.0031 m <br />) +
membranous +  and cartilaginous +
sometimes longer +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
2-keeled +
dry +  and fleshy +
spikelike +
with scattered hairs +  and glabrous +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
compound +  and simple +
Cynosurus dactylon +, Cynodon erectus +  and Capriola dactylon +
Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon +
Cynodon dactylon +
variety +
membranous +
0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
7 (?) +  and 13 (?) +
rhizomatous +  and stoloniferous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +