Carpetgrass(Weedy)

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Carpetgrass seedhead of 2-3 slender spikes is similar in appearance to crabgrass

Carpetgrass growing in bermudagrass

Carpetgrass leaves are constricted like St. Augustine grass. However, the sheaths separate more and there is less of a twist in the leaf blade at the leaf-sheath junction

Carpetgrass ligule is a fringe of fused, short haris

• Scientific Name: Axonopus affinis A. Chase

• Common Names: Common Carpetgrass, Swazi grass, Narrow leaved carpetgrass (Australia), Mat grass (Australia), Durrington grass (Australia)

• Climatic Zone: Subtropical,Tropical

• Geographic Distribution: North America, Sotuh America, South Africa, East Asia, Australia

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Photosynthetic Apparatus: C4

• Major Identifying Characteristic:Short rhizomes and stolons, folded vernation, inflorescence of 2-3 slender spikes