Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies  of Zihuatanejo

ORDER POALES

Durban Crowfoot

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

• Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

• Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

• Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

• Monocots (Class Liliopsida)

• Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies (Order Poales)

Durban crowfoot grass was named after the flower and fruit resemblace to a crows foot. The seedhead is formed by 3 to 5 spikelets that radiate from a center point, resembling the crow's foot.