Eragrostis cilianensis

Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Janch., Mitt. Naturwiss. Vereins Univ. Wien 5: 110 1907. (Syn: Briza eragrostis L.; Briza major L. ex Kunth; Briza megastachya Steud. [Invalid]; Briza oblonga Moench [Illegitimate]; Briza purpurascens Muhl.; Calotheca purpurascens (Muhl.) Spreng.; Eragrostis argentina Jedwabn.; Eragrostis articulata De Wild. [Illegitimate]; Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. major (Host) Maire & Weiller …….; Eragrostis costata B.L.Turner; Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) MacMill. [Invalid]; Eragrostis flexuosa Steud.; Eragrostis leersioides (C. Presl) Guss.; Eragrostis major Host [Illegitimate] .; Eragrostis megalostachya (Koeler) St.-Lag.; Eragrostis megastachya (Koeler) Link …..; Eragrostis monodii A.Camus; Eragrostis multiflora var. cilianensis (All.) Maire ……; Eragrostis oblonga (Moench) Baumg. [Illegitimate]; Eragrostis pappiana var. insularis (Chiov.) Mattei .; Eragrostis pappii Gand.; Eragrostis polyadenia Mattei; Eragrostis polymorpha Roem. & Schult.; Eragrostis polysperma Peter; Eragrostis pooides var. compacta Regel .; Eragrostis schweinfurthiana Jedwabn.; Eragrostis starosselskyi Grossh.; Eragrostis triticea (C.Presl) Steud.; Eragrostis virletii E.Fourn.; Eragrostis vulgaris C.Presl ex Steud. [Illegitimate] ..; Erosion cilianense (All.) Lunell; Megastachya eragrostis (L.) Roem. & Schult.; Megastachya leersioides C.Presl; Megastachya oblonga (Moench) P.Beauv. [Illegitimate]; Megastachya obtusa Schult.; Megastachya purpurascens (Muhl.) Schult.; Megastachya triticea C.Presl; Poa cachectica Schumach.; Poa cilianensis All.; Poa eragrostis (L.) Brot. [Illegitimate]; Poa flava Willd. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Poa flexuosa Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Poa leersioides (J.Presl) Guss.; Poa megastachya Koeler [Illegitimate]; Poa nuttallii Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Poa oblonga (Moench) Baumg. [Illegitimate]; Poa obtusa Nutt. [Illegitimate]; Poa pennsylvanica Nutt.; Poa philadelphica W.P.C.Barton [Illegitimate]; Poa polymorpha J.Koenig ex Rottb. [Illegitimate]; Poa roxburghiana Schult.; Poa tortuosa Spreng.; Poa triticea (J.Presl) Kunth; Poa triticea (C. Presl) Guss.);
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Old World: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andaman Is., Angola, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Ghana, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Portugal, Qinghai, Rodrigues, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Swaziland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Chatham Is., Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Territory, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, St.Helena, Switzerland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming as per POWO;

Common name: Stink Grass, Candy grass, Gray lovegrass

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Culms loosely tufted, erect or geniculate, to 60 cm. Leaf-blades flat, 6-16 x 0.5-0.9 cm, glabrous, glandular on margins; ligule a ciliolate rim, to 0.25 cm. Panicles ovate-oblong, to 20 cm; rachis glabrous; branches and pedicels capillary and often glandular; pedicels shorter than spikelets. Spikelets narrowly ovate-oblong, 0.4-1.8 x 0.2-0.4 cm, breaking up from base, 8-60-flowered; rachilla breaking off above glumes. Glumes broadly ovate, 0.15-0.22 cm, subequal, acute, often glandular on keel; lemmas broadly ovate, to 0.28 cm, chartaceous, often glandular on keel; paleas obovate, to 0.25 cm, scabrid on keels, persistent. Grain subglobose, reddish-brown, to 0.06 cm.

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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References:
POWO  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  Grassbase  Factsheet  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  Wikipedia