Digitaria species- Pune, Maharashtra

“Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: – 01042013MR28 from Pune for ID —MR28” : requesting identification of this grass at Pune which I found yesterday I wish I had found this grass during the Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: It looked peculiar with a long thin stem and at the end perpendicular to it was the […]

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Digitaria species- Chandagal, Mysore, Karnataka

Grass week : AR 06: Vernacular: Hanchina kaddi Chandagal, Mysore 16 May 2010 the plant looks like Digitaria sp – a wild guess, but the snake is Checkered keelback Please check Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler ! It’s Digitaria bicornis. Common type Digitaria – probably D.microbachne or D.ciliaris – need to see close up of upper glumes for species […]

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