Plants of
South Australia
Dactyloctenium radulans
Poaceae
Finger Grass,
Button-grass
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 3

Prior names

Eleusine radulans

Eleusine aegyptiaca

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Common names

Finger Grass

Button-grass

Etymology

Dactyloctenium from the Greek 'daktylos' meaning a finger and 'ktenos' meaning comb; alluding to the comb-like arrangement of the spikelets.

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)