Common Name

Couch, Bermuda Grass, Couch Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Introduced perennial grass, prostrate, 8-40cm tall. Leaves opposite each other on the stem or alternating along the stem, with a hairless or hairy sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane with a fringe of hairs or a fringe of hairs. Leaves 1-15cm long, 1-4mm wide, flat or folded lengthwise, rough, hairy or hairless, with rough edges, and a pointed tip. Spikelets green or purple, 1-3mm long. Seeds with no bristles. Mature seed groups cylindrical, digitate. A lawn grass.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales pages 78-79

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cynodon~dactylon

ausgrass2 description, photos, and line drawings: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/cynodon-dactylon-0