- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Nowodworskya fugax (Nees ex Steud.) Nevski; Polypogon demissus Steud.; Polypogon fugax f. demissus (Steud.) Y.N.Lee; Polypogon fugax f. muticus (I.C.Chung) Y.N.Lee; Polypogon higegaweri Steud.; Polypogon higegaweri f. demissus (Steud.) I.C.Chung; Polypogon higegaweri f. muticus I.C.Chung; Polypogon × littoralis var. hiegegaweri (Steud.) Hook.f.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Polypogon fugax Nees ex Steud.
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Marshy localities
- Key identification features : Annual herbs; culms erect from geniculate base; Leaf-sheaths striate; ligule membranous, lacerate; Spikelets in panicle, awned; awns as long as or shorter than glumes.
- Flower, Fruit : September-January
- Distribution :
- Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Somalia, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Xinjiang
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Somalia, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Xinjiang
- Literature :
- Henry, Chithra & Balakrishnan (1989). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 3
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 303-304
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Polypogon fugax. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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