Digitaria eriantha (50 grams)

Digitaria eriantha (price per 50 grams)

Family: Poaceae

Common names: Smutsvingergras, Smutsfinger grass

It is a fast-growing, perennial, sometimes stoloniferous, tufted grass, 350–1400 mm high. The rhizome is short, robust, knotty, unbranched. It often has long, hairy stolons. It is regarded as one of the best natural and cultivated pastures. The best known cultivar is ‘Smuts finger grass’ in southern Africa. This grass demonstrates great potential for farmers in Africa in subtropical and tropical climates, mostly for livestock feed. Stolons are established to control soil erosion or good ground cover for soil conservation. It is used extensively for heavy grazing in summer, as forage for horses, sheep, cattle and lactating cows in winter and can grow very quickly. Sowing density – 2g/m².

Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: June 2024