Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.

🌿 Common Name: शूल घास, कांसुल घास

🔄 Synonyms:
  • Andropogon contortus
  • Heteropogon fertilis

IUCN Status

Not Applicable : Not Applicable
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Author: Sonu kumar

This is Sonu Kumar, I'm a nature enthusiast and a keen botanical observer with a special interest in studying and documenting the small flora and grasses of rocky habitats. I particularly fascinated by the discovery of uncommon species. Finding a new species record for a region serves as a strong source of inspiration and excitement for me. Currently I'm working as a district coordinator kota at BRDS society India. I have always been a devout admirer of nature and I would be happy to share more information about the plant wealth around me through this platform. #AStudentofnature #Teamefloraofrajasthan 🌿🌱🐛🦋🔍 Insta page: https://www.instagram.com/eflora_of_rajasthan/

  • Herbs
  • Kota, Bundi / jaipur
  • Naturally grown
  • Untidily tufted perennial, the basal sheaths laterally compressed; culms 30-100 cm high, erect. Leaf-blades flat, 3-30 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, abruptly narrowed at the tip. Racemes 3-10 cm long, mostly long exserted, solitary or aggregated into a scanty false panicle, the awns forming a twisted spire. Homogamous spikelets 3-17 pairs, resembling the pedicelled spikelets. Sessile spikelet 5.5-10 mm long including a ferociously pungent and rufously bearded callus 2-3 mm long; lower glume elliptic-oblong, brown, hispidulous; awn 5-8 cm long, hirtellous. Pedicelled spikelet 5-15 mm long; lower glume green with yellowish membranous margins; the hairiness varying from glabrous to tuberculate-villous; callus 2-3 mm long.
    PC: Sonu Kumar
    Source: Foi, efoi, efop, powo, ibp, iNat

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Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
July 🌼 Flowering
October 🍂 Leaf Fall
December 𖣂 Dormancy

Systematic position

DivisionAngiosperm
ClassMonocotyledons
Sub-Class
SeriesGlumaceae
Ord
FamilyPOACEAE
SpeciesHeteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
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Status: ☑ Verified
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