• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Sporobolus indicus var. major (Buse) Baaijens; Sporobolus indicus var. Fertilis (Steud.) Jovet & Guédè
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forestsB, also along the bnds of paddy fields
• Flower, Fruit : June-December
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy & B. Sadasivaiah
• Collection Date : 09-12-2010
• Collection Nos : CJS 14308; FAP 41979
• Collection Locality : Pendluru, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Aurangabad district, Beed district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nanded district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Pune district, Sangli district, Satara district, Solapur district, Thane district
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Herbarium specimen from Pendluru village, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh
• 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=Sporobolus fertilis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)