Garnotia elata

Garnotia elata (Arn. ex Miq.) Janowski, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 86 1921. (syn: Berghausia elata Arn. ex Miq.; Chrysopogon muricatus Wight ex Hook.f. [Invalid]; Garnotia aperiens Santos; Garnotia geniculata Santos; Garnotia lata Santos; Garnotia meeboldii Santos; Garnotia schmidii Hook.f.; Garnotia scoparia Stapf ex Hook.f. [Illegitimate]; Garnotia straminea Santos; Garnotia tenuiglumis Stapf ex Hook.f.; Garnotia thomsonii Santos; Miquelia elata Arn. & Nees ex Miq. [Invalid]);

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S. India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands as per POWO;
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Common name: Tall Lawngrass, South Indian Lawngrass
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Perennials; culms 100-140 cm high, robust; nodes glabrous. Leaves 60 x 0.4 cm, linear, channelled, glabrous; sheath keeled; ligule a tuft of hairs. Panicle 40-60 cm long, lax; branches filiform, glabrous. Spikelets 4 mm long, glabrous; glumes subequal, 3-4 x 1 mm, lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, lower larger; lemma 2.5 x 1 mm, lanceolate; awn 4-5 mm long; palea 2.5 x 1 mm, hyaline, 2-nerved; anthers 1.5 mm long.

Flowering and fruiting: November-December

Rocky areas in grasslands

Peninsular India (Endemic)

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)