| Dactylis glomerata | |
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| Dactylis glomerata subsp. glomerata, Ireland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Dactylis |
| Species: | D. glomerata
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| Binomial name | |
| Dactylis glomerata L. (1753)
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20; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- ^ a b "Dactylis glomerata L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ a b Interactive Flora of NW Europe Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot)[permanent dead link]
- ^ Flora Europaea: Dactylis glomerata Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ USDA Plant Fact Sheet: ORCHARDGRASS
- ^ "FAO factsheet: Dactylis glomerata". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2010-10-05.