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Diplachne fusca

Authority (L.) Beauv. Family Synonyms Common names kuilgras, swamp grass Editor Ecocrop code 5479

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A soft, glabrous, herbaceous and erect grass growing up to 150 cm tall, with 15-30 cm long and 1-2 mm wide, usually more or less inrolled leaf-blades. USES Very palatable and used for pasture. GROWING PERIOD Summer-growing perennial or biennial grass. COMMON NAMES Brown beetle grass, Brown-flowered swamp grass, Black swamp grass, Bus Lukh, Aasse, Brakvleigras. FURTHER INF Scientific synonyms: D. capensis, D. livida, D. pallida, Festuca fusca, Leptochloa fusca, L. neuroglosse, Trioda ambigua, Uralipsis fusca, U. drummondii. Brown beetle grass is common on low, wet ground and in brackish swamps and is always found in or near water.
Sources
SOURCES (Diplachne fusca (L.) Beauv.) Skerman P 1990 pp 368-369 [DRA, RAIN, TEXT, SAL] Ibrahim K 1987 pp 134 B-Lennard E 1984 pp 454 [SAL] Aronson J 1989 pp 68 IBPGR 1984 pp 166