DACTYLOCTENIUM AGYPTIACEUM
Photo courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr
Goose Grass
Local name: Salai maya (Philippines)
An annual grass spread throughout the warmer regions of the globe. Common in Guam, growing in damp sandy places. A coarse-looking grass rising above the general level of the "grama" with which it is associated. In the Philippines the vernacular name signifies "sparrow's nest."
For more information see Safford's, Useful Plants of Guam, 2009 facsimile edition, page 255.
Local name: Salai maya (Philippines)
An annual grass spread throughout the warmer regions of the globe. Common in Guam, growing in damp sandy places. A coarse-looking grass rising above the general level of the "grama" with which it is associated. In the Philippines the vernacular name signifies "sparrow's nest."
For more information see Safford's, Useful Plants of Guam, 2009 facsimile edition, page 255.