Botanical Name - Cynodon dactylon

----- Cynodon dactylon-Pers ; F.B.I. V. 7. P. 288. Vern., Dub ( Hind. ) Hariali ( Urdu ), Gericha Gaddi ( Tel ).

----- Perennial grass. Culms prostrate, creeping and rooting at the nodes. forming wide mats on the surface of the soil. Leaves short, glaucous or deep green in colour, linear to lanceolate, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence a whorl of 2-6 spikes radiating from the top of a slender peduncle. Spikes 1-2 in. long, covered with unilateral rows of very small spikelets.

----- All over the State specially in moist or water collecting places. Best fodder grass specially for horses.