Dactylis glomerata

Dactylis glomerata
Habit with numerous, tall flowering culms emerging from a large tussock of long, narrow green leaves.
Dactylis glomerata subsp. glomerata, Ireland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Dactylis
Species:
D. glomerata
Binomial name
Dactylis glomerata
L. (1753)
Subspecies[1]

20; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Bromus glomeratus (L.) Scop. (1771)
  • Festuca glomerata (L.) All. (1785)
  • Koeleria dactylis Chaub. (1838)
  • Limnetis glomerata (L.) Eaton (1817)
  • Phalaris glomerata (L.) Gueldenst. (1791)
  • Trachypoa vulgaris Bubani (1901), nom. superfl.

Dactylis glomerata is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, known as cock's-foot,[2] also colloquially as orchard grass, or cat grass (due to its popularity for use with domestic cats). It is a cool-season perennial C3 tufted grass native throughout most of Europe, temperate Asia, and northern Africa.[3][2][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b "Dactylis glomerata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Interactive Flora of NW Europe Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot)[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Flora Europaea: Dactylis glomerata Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Lu, Sheng-lian; Phillips, Sylvia M. "Dactylis". Flora of China. Vol. 22 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ USDA Plant Fact Sheet: ORCHARDGRASS
  6. ^ "FAO factsheet: Dactylis glomerata". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-10-05.