Aristida hystrix L.f., Suppl. Pl. 113 1782. (syn: Aristida rigescens Roem. & Schult.; Aristida rigida Roth [Illegitimate]; Aristida tripilis Thunb. ex Trin. & Rupr. [Invalid]; Arthratherum hystrix (L.) Nees; Arthratherum rigidum Schult.; Chaetaria hystrix (L.f.) P.Beauv.; Chaetaria hystrix (L. f.) Roem. & Schult.);
. India to Myanmar: India, Myanmar; Introduced into: Philippines, Réunion as per POWO; .
Annuals or perennials; culms to 60 cm high, tufted, geniculate, nodes glabrous. Leaves 5-10 x 0.1-0.2 cm, narrow, glabrous; sheath rounded, glabrous; ligule a row of hairs. Panicle 10-15 x 7 cm, lax; branches filiform, glabrous. Spikelets similar, 7-8 mm long, lanceolate, solitary, pedicelled; lower glume 4 x 0.5 mm, 1-nerved, glabrous; upper glume 7 x 0.5 mm, acuminate, 1-nerved, keeled; floret one; lemma 7-8 x 1 mm, lanceolate, 3-nerved, awned; awns 10-15 mm long; palea minute, hyaline; stamens 3; ovary elliptic; styles 2, free; stigma plumose. Flowering and fruiting: June-December
Moist deciduous forests
India and Sri Lanka
07042013 for id request : 1 correct image as above. 2 posts by 2 authors.
Kindly validate the grass sp. photo attached herewith.
one of my send the same id. purpose.
Date: some time in 2009 Grass 1 is Aristida hystrix and Grass 2 is Cymbopogon caesius . Bastar 01: ID please April 22
Bastar, Chhattisgarh. Any habit image? Looks like a grass species. Post the habit picture as requested by … for proper ID. Aristida hystrix .
Poaceae: Aristida hystrix L.f.: 1 image. synonyms: Aristida tripilis Thunb. ex Trin. & Rupr., Aristida rigida Roth, Chaetaria hystrix (L.f.) P.Beauv. location/date: Chilenahalli, Bangalore Distr., Karnataka, July 1997 |