DACTYLIS GLOMERATA
12. Dactylis glomerata L. Orchardgrass, Cocksfoot.
A coarse, tufted, glabrous perennial, of meadows, waste places and roadsides.
Leaves folded in the bud-shoot. Sheath much compressed, keeled, glabrous, green on upper part but very pale green or white on lower part, split part way, closed below. Auricles absent. Collar broad, distinct, glabrous, yellowish green, divided by the midrib. Ligule membranous, white, 2 to 8 mm. long, truncate, usually with awn-like point at apex, ciliolate, sometimes split to base. Blade 5 to 12 mm. wide, 8 to 40 cm. long, flat, V-shaped in cross-section near base, sharply keeled below, gradually tapering to an acute point, not ridged but with a deep furrow over the midrib, pale green, sometimes glaucous; margins almost smooth or scabrous.