- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Andropogon acicularis Roem. & Schult.; Andropogon aciculatus Retz.; Chrysopogon acicularis Duthie; Holcus aciculatus (Retz.) R.Br.; Rhaphis acicularis Desv.; Rhaphis aciculata (Retz.) Honda; Rhaphis zizanioides var. aciculatus (Retz.) Roberty; Sorghum aciculatum (Retz.) Kuntze; Andropogon acicularis Willd.; Andropogon aculeatus Steud.; Andropogon javanicus Steud.; Andropogon subulatus J.Presl; Centrophorum chinense Trin.; Chrysopogon aciculatus var. elatior Benth.; Chrysopogon aciculatus var. longifolius Buse; Chrysopogon subulatus (J.Presl) Trin. ex Steud.; Chrysopogon trivialis (Lour.) Arn. & Nees; Rhaphis javanica Nees ex Steud.; Rhaphis trivalvis Kunth; Rhaphis trivialis Lour.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chrysopogon aciculatus (Retz.) Trin.
- Common name : Love Grass
- Vernacular name :
- Snehapullu, Asthrapullu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Degraded Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : Occasional
- Flower, Fruit : August-October
- Collector(s) Name : T.P.Ramamoorthy
- Collection Date : 08/07/1970
- Collection Nos : HFP 312
- Collection Locality : Mankanahalli, Bisle ghat, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Ogasawara-shoto, Philippines, Rodrigues, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Islands
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- 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
- 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.
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 278
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chrysopogon aciculatus
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chrysopogon aciculatus. Downloaded on 12 January 2026.
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