Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : pasdi
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Digitaria dilatatum (Pioret) Coste.
Classification: Gramineae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: dallisgrass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: ES : pasto miel ; FR : paspale dilaté ; IT : panico brasiliano ; PT : ; EN : dallisgrass ;
Biological type: Perennial with stolons
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- Shoot rolled, leaf sheath flattened.
- Leaf blade 2-5 times longer than broad, leaf more or less hairy.
- Ligule membranous, toothed, auricles absent.
- Height: 50-150 cm.
- Leaf with a smooth sheath in the upper part, sometimes swollen. Blade 10-25 cm x 4-12 mm, glabrous, smooth, with few isolated basal hairs.
- Inflorescence complex, very irregular: raceme of spike -like unilateral racemes. In each raceme spikelets in pairs are arranged in rows along one side of the flattened rachis.
- Fruit : spikelet falling entire when ripe, without the lower glume and without the upper floral glume of the sterile floret.
- Plant native in South America. Rare in crops.
- Biological type: perennial with stolons.
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Present
Rare
Rare
Present
