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Published In: Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 794. 1891. (5 Nov 1891) (Revis. Gen. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Flower/Fruit: Fl. & Fr. Per.: March-April.
Type: Type locality: India
Distribution: Distribution: Pakistan (Punjab & Kashmir); throughout India eastwards to Southeast Asia.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The inflorescences of this grass are often tied together in bunches to make brooms. Pakistan represents the western limit of the species which is common throughout the rest of its range. 600-1300m.
Map Location: C-7 Kashmir. near Maira, Kotli dist., 4000', A. Rashid Khan, E. Nasir & R.R. Stewart 25802 (K, RAW); Rawalpindi dist.: Panjar, 2000',R.R. Stewart & E. Nasir 28956 (RAW); Bharatian, Panjar, R.R. Stewart, E. Nasir & M.A. Siddiqi 291 (RAW).

 

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Culms 1.5-3.5m high, erect, woody. Leaf-blades flat, (12-) 30-60cm long, (1.2-)3-7(-10)cm wide, broadly lanceolate, acuminate, sub-amplexicaul, ± coriaceous. Panicle 30-60cm long, the branches mostly straight, erect or sub-erect. Spikelets lanceolate, 12-1.8mm long; glumes subequal, 0.5-0.8mm long, ovate, subacute to sub-rotund; sterile lemma glabrous; fertile lemma ciliate on the margins with hairs up to 0.5mm long.
 
 
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