Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Brachypodium festucoides Link; Diarrhena setacea (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.; Festuca gracilenta Buckley; Festuca octoflora var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald; Festuca octoflora subsp. hirtella Piper; Festuca octoflora var. hirtella (Piper) Hitchc.; Festuca octoflora var. tenella (Willd.) Fernald; Festuca parviflora Elliott; Festuca pusilla Buckley; Festuca setacea Poir.; Festuca tenella Willd.; Festuca tenella var. glauca Nutt.; Gnomonia octoflora (Walter) Lunell; Schedonorus tenellus (Willd.) P.Beauv.; Vulpia antofagastensis Parodi; Vulpia octoflora var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald; Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella (Piper) Henrard; Vulpia octoflora f. hirtella (Piper) C.H.Blom; Vulpia octoflora var. tenella (Willd.) Fernald; Vulpia tenella (Willd.) Heynh.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Festuca octoflora Walter
  • Common name : Six-weeks fescue, Pullout grass, Sixweeks fescue, Eight-flower sixweeks grass, Eight-flowered fescue
  • Habit : Herb
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Alabama, Alberta, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Chile, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachus
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Canada to North-West Mexico, Guadalupe, South America and Japan, Tasmania, West Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 276
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vulpia octoflora. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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