Tripsacum dactyloides

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tripsacum dactyloides, Linn. (T. violaceum and T. Dactylis of the trade). Gama-Grass. Sesame-Grass. Culms in bunches, 4-7 ft.; spike 2-3 at summit and often single from the upper axils. Moist soil, Conn., Ill., Kans., and southward. Dept. Agric., Div. Agrost, 20:13.—A wild fodder-grass, sometimes cult. for forage and also in gardens as a curiosity. Raised from seed, or more certainly from cuttings of the rootstocks. For an illustrated account of Tripsacum-Euchlaena and Tripsacum-Zea crosses, see article by Collins and Kempton, Journal of Heredity, March, 1916. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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