Poaceae
Cock's-foot
Dactylis glomerata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Dactylis
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Common names
By language (48)
- Arabic
- حشيشة البستان, إصبعية متجمعة
- Armenian
- Ոզնախոտ
- arz
- اصبعيه عنقوديه
- azb
- قاتیر قویروغو
- Basque
- Alka-belar
- Belarusian
- Купкоўка зборная
- Breton
- Geot gallek
- Bulgarian
- Ежова главица
- Catalan
- Dàctil
- Chinese
- 鴨茅, 鸭茅, 果园草
- Corsican
- Mazzulina
- Croatian
- Klupčasta oštrica
- Czech
- Srha laločnatá
- Danish
- Almindelig Hundegræs
- Dutch
- Kropaar
- English
- Cock's-foot, Orchardgrass, Orchard grass
- Estonian
- Harilik kerahein
- Finnish
- Koiranheinä, Niittykoiranheinä
- French
- Dactyle pelotonné, Dactyle vulgaire, Chiendent à bossettes, Dactyle aggloméré, Dactyle pelotonne
- Galician
- Dáctilo
- Georgian
- Სათითურა
- German
- Gewöhnliches Knäuelgras, Knäuelgras, Knaulgras, Wiesen-Knaulgras, Wiesen-Knäuelgras, Wiesenknaulgras, Wiesenknäuelgras
- Hebrew
- ציבורת ההרים
- hsb
- Lěsny sukač
- Hungarian
- Csomós ebír
- Icelandic
- Axhnoðapuntur
- Italian
- Erba mazzolina, Pannocchina
- Japanese
- カモガヤ, キヌイトソウ, 絹糸草, 鴨萱
- Kazakh
- Кәдімгі тарғақшөп, Kädimgi tarğaqşöp, كادىمگى تارعاقشوپ
- Korean
- 오리새, 부리새, 오차드그라스, 캣그라스
- kw
- Troos an kulyek
- Kyrgyz
- Аксокто
- Latvian
- Parastā kamolzāle
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji šunažolė
- Macedonian
- Ежевка
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hundegress
- os
- Сычъигæрдæг
- Persian
- علف باغ
- Polish
- Kupkówka pospolita
- Romanian
- Golomăț
- Russian
- Ежа сборная, Ржанец, Южа
- Serbian
- Јеževica
- Spanish
- Pasto ovillo
- Swedish
- Hundäxing
- Ukrainian
- Грястиця збірна
- Uzbek
- Oqsoʻxta, Oqso'xta, Oqso`xta, Oqso‘xta
- Walloon
- Rexhe waide
- Welsh
- Troed y ceiliog
Synonyms
- Bromus glomeratus (L.) Scop.
- Dactylis ciliata (Peterm.) Opiz
- Dactylis glomerata var. abbreviata (Link) Lange
- Dactylis glomerata var. altaica (Besser) Keng
- Dactylis glomerata var. glomerata
- Dactylis glomerata var. laxa Ortm.
- Dactylis glomerata var. rigida (Boiss. & Heldr.) Hayek
- Dactylis izcoi S.Ortiz & Rodr.Oubiña
- Dactylis scabra Mann
- Festuca glomerata (L.) All.
- Koeleria dactylis Chaub.
- Limnetis glomerata (L.) Eaton
- Phalaris glomerata (L.) Gueldenst.
- Trachypoa vulgaris Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 9,282 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Das, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Notafly2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sivi Sivanesan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.