Agrostis stolonifera var. ramosa (Gray) Veldkamp

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Basionym : Vilfa alba var. ramosa
  • Synonym(s) : Agrostis alba var. dispar (Michx.) Alph.Wood; Agrostis alba subsp. maior Gaudin; Agrostis altissima Lojac.; Agrostis campestris Phil.; Agrostis capillaris subsp. repens (Laest.) Soják; Agrostis compressa Willd.; Agrostis diffusa Host; Agrostis dispar Michx.; Agrostis dubia Leers; Agrostis exarata var. mutica Hicken; Agrostis gautieri Sennen; Agrostis gigantea var. dispar (Michx.) Philipson; Agrostis gigantea subsp. gautieri (Sennen) Romo; Agrostis gigantea var. glaucescens Widén; Agrostis gigantea subsp. glaucescens (Widén) Valdés & H.Scholz; Agrostis gigantea var. gouxii Portal; Agrostis gigantea subsp. pontica (Lavrenko) Dihoru; Agrostis gigantea var. praticola (Klokov) Tzvelev; Agrostis gigantea var. repens (Laest.) Widén; Agrostis graniticola Klokov; Agrostis limosa Schur; Agrostis nigra With.; Agrostis obliqua Kit.; Agrostis osakae Honda; Agrostis parviflora Chevall.; Agrostis praticola Klokov; Agrostis repens Sinclair; Agrostis sabulicola Klokov; Agrostis seminuda Knapp; Agrostis stolonifera Leers; Agrostis stolonifera f. aristata Meinsh.; Agrostis stolonifera f. aristigera Fernald; Agrostis stolonifera var. maior (Gaudin) Farw.; Agrostis stolonifera var. sylvatica (Carpenter) Beldie; Agrostis stolonifera f. sylvatica Carpenter; Agrostis sylvatica Host; Agrostis tenella Hoffm.; Agrostis widenii G.H.Loos; Agrostis widenii var. aristata Tzvelev; Cinna karataviensis Pavlov; Vilfa compressa P.Beauv.; Vilfa dispar (Michx.) P.Beauv.; Vilfa nigra (With.) Gray
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Agrostis gigantea subsp. gigantea
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist ground, rough grasslands, as a field weed; 1500 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Very similar to Agrostis stolonifera but distinguished by its rhizomes and lack of stolons and a panicle that remains loose and open after anthesis. It is a more aggressive species than Agrostis stolonifera and can become a troublesome weed. Male-sterile hybrids between the two species are known.
  • Key identification features : Panicle green or violet tinged, branches moderately slender, branched from near base; floret callus shortly bearded, hairs 0.2–0.5 mm
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Puducherry : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, India, I
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Temperate Eurasia to North-West Africa and Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Bolivia, Brazil, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chile, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, Georgia, Greenland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Norfolk Is., North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 258
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Agrostis stolonifera var. ramosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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