- 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) : Aristida setacea Retz.
- Common name : Broom Grass
- Vernacular name :
- Dodda hanchi hullu, Parke hullu (Kannada)
- Mothi-Kusal (Marathi)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests, grasslands, also in the plains
- Comments / notes : On plains and lower hill slopes.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : K. R. K. Swamy
- Collection Date : Sep., 2010
- Collection Nos : HJCB-E-224
- Collection Locality : Kalasamudram RF, Anantapur district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Amravati district, Bhandara district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Buldhana district, Chandrapur district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Nagpur district, Nashik district, Pune district, Ratnagiri district, Sindhudurg district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Common
- Tamil Nadu : Common
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Native : India to Mascarene Islands
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mascarene Islands
- 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
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aristida setacea. 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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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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