Dactylis L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 170-171

26. Dactylis L. 2

Perennials. Leaves flat or involute. Inflorescence a panicle with spikelets in dense clusters on the patent to erect branches. Spikelets laterally compressed, with 2-5 florets. Glumes subequal, keeled, somewhat curved, the lower 1 -, the upper 3-veined. Lemma 5-veined, chartaceous, mucronate or shortly awned at apex. Palea about as long as lemma.

Literature: K. Domin, Acta Bot. Bohem. 14: 3-147 (1943).

G. L. Stebbins & M. Zohary, Univ. Calif. Pubi. Bot. 31(1): 1-39 (1959).