Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : pasds
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:Paspalum paspalodes (Michaux) Scrib.
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: water finger-grass
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: ES : grama de agua ; FR : paspale à 2 épis ; IT : panico acquatico ; PT : graminhao ; EN : water finger-grass ;
Biological type: Perennial with stolons, Perennial with rhizomes
- Shoot rolled, leaf sheath terete.
- Leaf blade 2-5 times longer than broad, leaf more or less hairy.
- Ligule membranous, dentate, auricles absent, basal tufts of hairs on each side of the leaf blade.
- Height: 10-40 cm.
- Culms ascending, hairy nodes.
- Leaves linear, keeled at the base, with a blade slightly joined at the apex. Sheath ciliate.
- Inflorescence : spikelets ovoid, acute, 3 mm long, usually arranged in 2 or 3 spikes. Spikes narrow and short (2-3 mm x 20-40 mm), dense, light-green, blotched at flowering; stamens and stigmas black.
- Risk of confusion with Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
- Biological type: perennial with stolons and rhizomes.
Mistake with: Cynodon dactylon
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