Common Name: deer tongue grassScientific Name: Dicanthelium clandestinum (L.) GouldFamily Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes Culmsupright, tall, long hairs, clumped or in sizable colonies, become branched in late season Leaves blades spreading, lanceolate, cordate and clasping bases, often hairy at base, conspicuous midrib, rolled in the bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous, sometimes with fringe of hairs; sheaths stiff hairs with warty bases Seedheads primary terminal panicle, secondary (late in season) concealed in sheaths of branched stems, large seeded