Bermudagrass on the edge of a mulched landscape bed. There is a creeping stem going across the mulch.

Bermudagrass - Cynodon dactylon

Bermudagrass – Cynodon dactylon

Poaceae - Grass family

 

MI Status 

Non-native

Life Cycle

Warm-season perennial

Leaves

Leaves are rolled in the bud.  They are flat with a gray-green to bluish green color.   This grass has above-ground creeping stems with a prostrate growth habit.  

Ligule

Hairy

Flowers and Fruit

Flower stems usually have three to seven spikes with tiny, pink-to-purple flowers.  Flattened spikelets are in two rows on one side of the spike.  Each spikelet produces 1 seed.  Flowers are present in July and August.  

Reproduction

Primarily by stolons and rhizomes.  May also spread by seed.

 

Bermudagrass leaves and stems. Leaves are rolled in the bud. They are flat with a gray-green to bluish green color.

Bermudagrass leaves and stems

Bermudagrass flower are small, purple to pink with 3 to 7 spiked clusters on thin stalks.

Bermudagrass flower/seedhead

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