| BRIEF DESCRIPTION A tufted grass with culms from 6-60 cm high, sometimes decumbent and rooting from the lower nodes, usually with flowering branches from several of them. USES Very palatable. Used for pasture, it gives only limited summer feed and does not stand constant grazing. It is usually only grazed if necessary. Can be used for hay. GROWING PERIOD Summer annual grass. COMMON NAMES Liverseed grass, Kuri millet, Garden urochloa. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: U. helopus, Panicum controversum. Liverseed grass can be found at elevations between sea level and 1750 m and is common on sandy soils and loams, in grassland and it can become a weed. It can grow in partial shade. |
Grassland Index
Skerman P 1990 pp 743-746 [TEXT, LIMIT, TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, DRA, PH, FER, LIG, USE] |
