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Agrostis stolonifera
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Agrostis stolonifera L., Sp. Pl. 62. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1810(1253). 1934; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 799. 2002.
Agrostis alba sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 254. 1896, non L. 1753.
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Description:
Tufted, stoloniferous perennial forming a close turf; culms (5-) 15-100 (-150) cm high, erect or geniculately ascending, smooth. Leaf-blades 1-10 cm long, 0.5-5 mm wide, flat, smooth or scaberulous; ligule 1.5-7 mm long, blunt. Panicle linear to lanceolate or oblong, 1-13(-30) cm long, open at anthesis, after-wards contracted and often dense, frequently lobed, the branches clustered, closely divided and spiculate in the lower part; inflated tip of pedicel scabrid. Spikelets 2-3 mm long, breaking up at maturity above the persistent glumes; glumes acute, awnless, rough on the keel; lemma 1.5-2.5 mm long, very blunt, usually awnless or with a short awn from near the tip; palea half to two-thirds the length of the lemma; anthers 1-1.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Northern Temperate region
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1400-1800
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Localities:
Agasthymala peak
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