Tropicos | Name - Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf.

Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf.

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Flower/Fruit: Fl. & Fr. Per.: throughout much of the year, but mostly between March and July.

Type: Type: Europe, cultivated at Uppsala, Sweden, originating from Montpellier, France, Linnaeus (LINN).

Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Punjab, N.W.F.P., Gilgit & Kashmir); northeast tropical and South Africa; Mediterranean region northwards to the British Isles and eastwards to India and China; introduced and naturalised in most warm temperate countries.

Comment/Acknowledgements: Also recorded from Thatta district. Very common throughout Pakistan from the plains to 4000 m. Grown as an ornamental but often becoming a weed. Of little value for fodder.

Map Location: A-7 Gilgit Agency: Yasin-Darkot, 12000', S.A. Bowes Lyon 8067 (K); Chitral dist.: Laspur Gol, SE of Mastuj, 11000', J.D.A. Stainton 3100 (RAW); B-6 Chitral dist.: Drosh, 4500', S.M. Toppin 209 (K); Mohmand dist.: Warsak, E. Nasir, M. A. Siddiqi & Zaffar Ali 3792 (K, RAW); B-7 Chitral dist.: Kasur, M. Qaiser & Sultanul Abedin 5571 (KUH); Hazara dist.: Mansera, 4000', R. R. Stewart 9636 (K); B/C-7 Kashmir: Bagh, 3500', R. R. Stewart & E. Nasir 23755a (K, RAW); B-8 Baltistan: Skardu, 7650', C. B. Clarke 30032 (K); ibid., 8-9000', R. R. & I.D. Stewart 20356 (RAW); B-9 Baltistan: Shyok Valley, 14 October 1847, T. Thomson s.n. (K); Bagicha to Olding, Skardu-Ladak Road, 9000', R. R. Stewart 21017 (RAW); C-6 Kohat dist.: Kohat-Hangu, R. R. Stewart 28234(K); Peshawar dist.: c.5 miles from Peshawar on way to Naushera, S. I. Ali & S. A. Faruqi 1686 (KUH); C-7 Rawalpindi dist.: Khanna, E. Nasir & M. A. Siddiqi 52 (K, RAW); Sargodha dist.: Jinnah Garden, Sargodha, Sultanul Abedin 2485 (K, KUH); D-4 Quetta dist.: Sariab Road, Quetta, 5 km from centre, 1700 m, J. Lamond 896 (K); Sibi dist.: Ziarat, 8000', Helen Crookshank 254 (K); D-5 Loralai dist.: Gadebar, 4000', Aslam 11 (RAW); D-8 Lahore dist.: Lahore, March 1846, T. Thomson s.n. (K); F-2 Makran dist.: Nasirabad, Turbat-Mund Road, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6133 (KUH); F-3 Makran dist.: 4 miles from Panjgur on way to Hoshab, Sultanul Abedin 2021 (K), 2022 (KUH); F-4 Dadu dist.: Manchar Lake, S. A. Faruqi & Sultanul Abedin 263, 264, 265, 266 (KUH); G-2 Makran dist,: Turbat, Sultanul Abedin & Abrar Hussain 6109, 6523 (KUH): G-4 Karachi dist.: c.4 miles from Mangopir on way to Hub Dam, M. Qaiser & Asad Raul 491 (K, KUH); G-5 Hyderabad dist,: between Tandojam and Mirpur Khas, A. Ghafoor & M. Qaiser 456 (KUH).