Common Carpetgrass

(Axonopus fissifolius)

 

Characteristics

Leaves	Sheath & Ligule	Flower

Growing habits: Warm-season perennial grass

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots, spreads from stolons

Leaf anatomy: Leaf blade can be flat or folded, fine haris line leaf margin, rounded or slightly pointed, red-purple near maturity, membranous ligule

Reproduction: Inflorescences usually 3 slender racemes

^{References: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database}