Hi all,
Perth, Australia.
I'm having difficulty identifying what this is in my lawn. Someone suggested that this is NOT kikuyu, however, I found a lot of pictures that look exactly like this and says they are Kikuyu. How do I distinguish between Kikuyu and crabgrass?
Thanks a lot in advance.
by rhflffkcldrn
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I saw your other post on this topic a while back. I thought you had it sorted haha.
Have you dug down gently to the small plants that look the same around these ones? If they are linked by a rhizome it can’t be crab grass/crows foot because they apparently don’t produce rhizomes.
Is any of it producing seed heads? Because that would make an id easier.
I’m more of a cool season grass guy so I couldn’t say for sure, I initially though it looked like kikuyu but i don’t have any experience with crows foot/crab grass so I’m not sure.
I can say with 100% certainty that it’s not any type of crabgrass.
Its a toss up between kikuyu and goosegrass, which I believe you guys call crowsfoot.
I’m leaning heavily towards goosegrass/crowsfoot.
The 2 biggest reasons for that are:
* the stems seem to originate from a few central points. As in, this is a bunch-type grass. Kikuyu is creeping type grass.
* it looks like it has a membranous ligule, which if true is a slam dunk for goosegrass.
I circled what appears to be the membranous ligule in the screenshot below. If I’m right, it should be a white/semi-transparent film-like sheet, like soft wax paper, that sits under the leaf. In contrast, kikuyu’s ligule would consist of tiny hairs, no paper.
https://preview.redd.it/v3iaeqqz0pce1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1921984681e38aea474c46810fcec794051ca1e1