- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P.Beauv.
- Common name : Hairy Grass, Indian Love Grass
- Vernacular name :
- Kadu sanna hullu (Kannada)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Waterlogged areas
- Comments / notes : Common in roadside ditches, canals and along margins of ponds
- Flower, Fruit : May-December
- Collector(s) Name : R.Raghavendra Rao
- Collection Date : 08/07/1971
- Collection Nos : KFP 1372
- Collection Locality : Manasagangotri campus, Mysuru
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chitradurga district, Dharwad district, Mysuru district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Khurda district, Puri district
- Tamil Nadu : Common
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Islands, Angola, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Central Eur
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Warm temperate and subtropical regions of the Old World; introduced in the New World 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
- 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
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora Bangalore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 288
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eragrostis pilosa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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