Latin name: Paspalum dilatatum Poiret
  Pronunciation: PAS-pa-lum dil-a-TAY-tum

  Common name: Dallis grass
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Low elevation roadsides, ditches and
  waste places, cismontane to desert edge, native
  to South America

  Blooming period: May to November
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Paspalum
  2) dilatatum
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