Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon(Bermuda grass, "Gyogishiba")
Japanese name: ギョウギシバ（行儀芝） Scientific name:Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon
[Overview]
A perennial found in seaside grasslands and sunny roadsides, and also cultivated as a lawn grass.
The stems branch, creep long over the ground, and produce roots from the nodes.
The leaves are alternate in 2 rows, linear, 2–5 cm long and 1.5–3 mm wide, and hairless.
The ligule of the leaf sheath bears long hairs.
Flower stalks 15–40 cm tall rise upright from the nodes of the creeping stems and bear 2–7 branches at the tip.
Each branch is 2.5–5 cm long and bears spikelets in 2 rows on one side.
The spikelets consist of 1 floret and are flattened, broadly ovate, 2–3 mm long, without awns.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division.
It prefers a sunny, well-drained, well-ventilated place.
If the environment suits it, it grows well even when left alone.
