Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
  • Basionym : Panicum ciliare Retz.
  • Synonym(s) : Digitaria marginata Link
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler
  • Common name : Henry's crabgrass
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist deciduous forests, grasslands and waste places
  • Comments / notes : Common throughout in bushes and hedges
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • World Distribution : India, Pakistan, common throughout much of the tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Digitaria ciliaris. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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