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Published In: Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1: 141. 1855[1854]. (2-3 Mar 1854) (Syn. Pl. Glumac.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
Flower/Fruit: Fl. & Fr. Per.: May-September.
Type: Type: Northwest India, Royle 64 (LIV).
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Punjab, N.W.F.P., Gilgit & Kashmir); Northwest India, Nepal and Afghanistan.
Map Location: A-8 Gilgit Agency: Chalt-Nagar, 6000', R.R. Stewart 26660 (K, RAW); B-6 Chitral dist.: Shishi Gol, NE of Drosh, 6000', J.D.A. Stainton 3149 (RAW); B-7 Hazara dist.: Safaidgali, 6500', E.W. Trotter 101 (K); near Garhi Habibullah, on Kashmir-Abbottabad Road, 3500', R.R. & I.D. Stewart 3724 (K, RAW); near Abbottabad, 1939, Hassan Din s.n. (KUH); Kashmir: Jhelum Valley, 3-5000', J.E.T. Aitchison 886 (K); Swat dist.: Madian, c.5000', R.J. Rodin 5516(K); C-7 Rawalpindi dist.: Potha, Murree Hills, 4400', R.R. Stewart 23272 (K, RAW); Potha, Murree Hills, 4400', R.R. Stewart 23305 (KUH); C-8 Kashmir: Kishtwar, 4000', C.B. Clarke 31426(K); Batol Pass to Chenab, 3000', R.R. Stewart 12515 (K); D-5 Zhob dist.: Loralai-Qila Saifullah, 37th mile, Mohindar Nath 2249 (KUH); G-5 Tharparkar dist.: about 4 miles from Mithi on way to Diplo, M. Qaiser, A. Ghafoor & Abrar Hussain 3709 (KUH).

 

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Densely tufted, robust perennial; culms erect, up to 2 m high. Leaf-blades linear, up to 35 cm long and 5 mm wide when flat, flat at first, soon becoming inrolled except sometimes at the base. Panicle up to 40 cm long, very loose and open, the branches capillary, bare at the base. Spikelets purplish, becoming straw coloured; glumes unequal, narrowly lanceolate, the lower 8-12(-l5) mm long, gradually passing into an awn, scaberulous on the keel, the upper 10-15 mm long, bifid at the apex with an awn up to 5 mm long in the sinus, smooth on the keel; lemma 8-10(-15) mm long, equalling or shorter than the upper glume, terete, convolute, smooth, slightly narrowed at the summit but passing into the awn without an articulation; callus narrowly oblong, 0.7-1 mm long, acute; central branch of the awn 3.5-5.5 cm long, the laterals 2.5-4.5 cm long.
 
 
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