Recommended planting rate is 1.5-2 PLS per acre.
Introduced from Africa, selection released in 1957 by USDA Plant Materials Center at San Antonio, Texas. A perennial, warm season bunch grass, fine stemmed and leafy, 3-4 ft. tall at maturity. Prostrate to mostly upright plants, some display abundant pubescence while others are relatively smooth. Spreads by seed and short rhizomes, rooting at nodes where stems contact moist soil. Extremely attractive to livestock as green forage or cured hay; does not become woody at maturity. Drought tolerant, plants remain green late in fall and resume active growth in early spring. Very palatable and nutritious.
