Calamagrostis gigantea Roshev.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Calamagrostis macrolepis var. paczoskii (Matuszk.) Tzvelev; Calamagrostis macrolepis var. rigidula (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) Kitag.; Calamagrostis rigidula A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calamagrostis macrolepis Litv.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grassy slopes in montane regions, sandy places near rivers, on waste ground; 100 - 3200 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Spikelets 7–11 mm; glumes unequal, upper 1–1.5 mm shorter than lower
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Buryatiya, China, Chita, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Ukraine to South Siberia and North China and New York, Primorye
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 261
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Calamagrostis gigantea. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

India Distribution

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