Family:

Poaceae

Digitaria brownii

Cotton Panic Grass

Other Names: Woolly Finger, Cotton Grass, Silver Spike Grass.

Regional Subspecies:

Occurrence:

Habitat & Site Selection:

Various soils and vegetation types. Commonly sandy to clay loamy red earth. Requires extended heavy summer rainfall to establish.

Habit:

Rhizomatous perennial grass to 80 cm high. Often hairy and slightly swollen at base. Flowers summer.

Seed Collection:

Cut entire seedheads when mature.

VALUES:

Other:

Readily eaten by stock. One of more desirable summer-growing grasses.