IUCN Status
: Not Applicable
Author: Sonu kumar
Myself Sonu Kumar and I'm from Bundi. 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/
- Feather finger grass, Black seed grass, करड़, सियारपूछ
- Rabdochloa virgata (Sw.) P.Beauv
- Bundi
- Naturally grown
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Apical sterile spikelets with3-4 awns; white-pinkish spikes. Annual grass, culms tufted, erect or geniculately ascending, slightly flattened, 15–100cm tall. Basal leaf sheaths strongly keeled, glabrous; leaf blades flat or folded, 5–30 cm,2–7 mm wide, Spikelets with 2 or 3 florets, 2-awned.
Other information: Because of the bushy,silver appearance of its inflorescence, it is known as Siyarpunch / Siyalpunch in hadauti, which means jackals tail.
Fl. & Fr.: July–December
Palatability: Palatable -
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Digitate Inflorescence -
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Leaf base & culm node
