G.125. Dactylis L.

Perennial. Inflorescence a contracted panicle, lobed, 1-sided, the spikelets grouped in compact fascicles at the ends of the main branches. Spikelets 2-5-flowered, laterally flattened. Glumes keeled. Lemmas 5-nerved, keeled, spiny-ciliate on the keel, entire or 2-dentate, mucronate or with a short awn.

Worldwide: 1 species in temperate Eurasia; introduced elsewhere

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.