Description
Dactylis glomerata (scientific name: Dactylis glomerata L.) is a grass family, a perennial herb of Dactylis glomerata. The culm is erect or kinked at the base, up to 120 cm high. Leaf sheath is glabrous, ligule is thin, and the tip is torn; the leaf blade is flat, with rough edges or dorsal midrib, panicles, spikelets mostly gathered on the upper branch of the branch, containing 5 flowers, glumes lanceolate, apex acuminate, margin Membranous, the first lemma is nearly as long as the spikelet; the lemma is narrow, flowering and fruiting from May to August.
Distributed in China's southwest and northwest provinces. It is cultivated in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places, or has become wild due to introduction. Widely distributed in Europe and sub-temperate regions. Domesticated in North Africa and North America. It grows on hillsides, grasslands and forests at an altitude of 1500-3600 meters.
Dactylis is an excellent pasture, but it is suitable for harvesting before heading, and its quality is reduced after flowering.
