Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P.Beauv.

 
  • 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 13 December 2024.

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