*Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Linnaeus) Willdenow. Common name: Crowfoot Grass, Egyptian Grass. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Beach dunes, coastal strands, and other coastal areas, lawns, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Old World tropics.
Origin/Endemic status: Paleotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, ETx1, F, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K4, Meso6, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, S, S13, SFla, Tx, Va, WH3; = n/a — Pa, Tat; Cynosurus aegyptius L. Basionym: Cynosurus aegyptius L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Dactyloctenium aegyptium - FNA25
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