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.