Pennisetum flaccidum

Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb., Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 3: 86 1868. (Syn: Cenchrus flaccidus (Griseb.) Morrone; Gymnotrix flaccida (Griseb.) Munro ex Aitch.; Pennisetum centrasiaticum var. qinghaiense Y.H.Wu; Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb. ex Roshev.; Pennisetum mongolicum Franch. ex Roshev. [Invalid]; Pennisetum mongolicum Franch.);
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Iran to Central Asia and China: Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang; Introduced into: Italy, Poland, Spain as per POWO;

Common name: Himalayan Fountain Grass, Flaccidgrass • Hindi: Phark, फिरकी Phirki

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Pennisetum flaccidum Griseb., Goett. Nachr. 86. 1868.
Common in Kashmir on mountain slopes, especially on open slopes. Photographed from Kashmir in June, 2010

Gulmarg on June 19, 2010;

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