Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Poaceae
  • Species : Heteropogon contortus
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Common name : Tangle-head Grass, Black-Spear Grass
  • Vernacular name : Oobu hullu, Gandu bin (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : CJS 11923, CJS 15745
  • Key identification features : Annual or perennial grass with strongly-tufted stems. Leaf blades are lanceolate. Inflorescence is a solitary spike-like silky-hairy raceme with minute flowers. Some elongated pointed structures (awns) project out from the inflorescence.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments : A very variable grass. Common on hill slopes and in waste places. Often grazed by cattle.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Hassan, Mysore, Tumkur, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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