- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Agrostis buchtarmensis Kotukhov; Agrostis calamagrostoides Regel; Agrostis canina subsp. pusilla (Dumort.) Malag.; Agrostis canina subsp. trinii (Turcz.) Hultén; Agrostis coarctata Ehrh. ex Hoffm.; Agrostis coarctata subsp. hyperborea (Laest.) H.Scholz; Agrostis coarctata var. nyaradyana Beldie; Agrostis coarctata var. subalpina (Schur) Beldie; Agrostis coarctata subsp. trinii (Turcz.) H.Scholz; Agrostis ericetorum Préaub. & Bouvet; Agrostis flaccida subsp. trinii (Turcz.) T.Koyama; Agrostis kronokensis Prob.; Agrostis kudoi Honda; Agrostis kudoi var. inermis Prob.; Agrostis kunmingensis B.S.Sun & Y.C.Wang; Agrostis macrostachya Bordz.; Agrostis marschalliana Seredin; Agrostis planifolia K.Koch; Agrostis planifolia var. calamagrostoides (Regel) Tzvelev; Agrostis pusilla Dumort.; Agrostis ruprechtii Boiss.; Agrostis setifolia Willd. ex Steud.; Agrostis stricta J.F.Gmel.; Agrostis stricta subsp. syreistschikowii (P.A.Smirn.) Soó; Agrostis syreistschikowii P.A.Smirn.; Agrostis tenuifolia M.Bieb.; Agrostis tenuis f. vinealis (Schreb.) Soó; Agrostis trinii Turcz.; Agrostis trinii subsp. kudoi (Honda) Vorosch.; Agrostis turkestanica Drobow; Agrostis vinealis var. calamagrostoides (Regel) Tzvelev; Agrostis vinealis subsp. ericetorum (Préaub. & Bouvet) Valdés & H.Scholz; Agrostis vinealis var. inermis Tzvelev; Agrostis vinealis subsp. kudoi (Honda) Tzvelev; Agrostis vinealis subsp. planifolia (K.Koch) Tzvelev; Agrostis vinealis subsp. syreistschikowii (P.A.Smirn.) Soó; Agrostis vinealis subsp. trinii (Turcz.) Tzvelev; Agrostis vinealis subsp. turkestanica (Drobow) Tzvelev; Agrostis wildtii Podp.; Calamagrostis agrostoides Boiss.; Trichodium pusillum H.C.Hall; Trichodium subalpinum Schur; Vilfa vinealis (Schreb.) P.Beauv.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Agrostis vinealis Schreb.
- Common name : Brown bentgrass, Brown bent
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Plains, moist meadows, river banks, dry open forest
- Comments / notes : It is a drought-resistant grass which spreads by means of its rhizomes to form a fine, compact turf. It is often confused with Agrostis canina from which it is distinguished by the presence of rhizomes and the absence of stolons.
- Key identification features : Rhizomes present, plant loosely tufted; panicle open, at least at anthesis; callus subglabrous, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm
- Flower, Fruit : July-August
- Distribution :
- Native : Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Buryatiya, China, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, India, Inner Mongol
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Subarctic and Subalpine Eurasia, North-West Africa, Subarctic and America.Argentina, Chile
- 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 vinealis. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.
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