Common name
English: Crowfoot Grass, Egyptian Grass
German: Gewöhnliches Schirmgras
Mandarin: 龙爪茅 (long zhao mao)
English: Crowfoot Grass, Egyptian Grass
German: Gewöhnliches Schirmgras
Mandarin: 龙爪茅 (long zhao mao)
Kingdom: Plantae (2656)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2569)
Class: Liliopsida (391)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (72)(family description)
Genus: Dactyloctenium (2)
Epithet: aegyptium P.Beauv. (1)
Synonym: Chloris mucronata Michx.
aegyptium => of Egyptian origin
mucronata => terminating, an organ with a straight, stiff and sharp point
Climate: sub-tropical, tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Check for Dactyloctenium aegyptium at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNILiterature