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Schizachyrium brevifolium
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Family:
POACEAE/GRAMINEAE
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Citation: Schizachyrium brevifolium (Sw.) Nees ex Buese in Miq., Pl. Jungh. 359. 1854; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1752(1214). 1934; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 467. 1989; Sreek. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Kerala Grasses 186. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 557. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 546. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 844. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 586. 2005.
Andropogon brevifolius Sw., Prodr. 26. 1788; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 165. 1896.
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Description:
Slender annuals, erect or decumbent, 10-30 cm high; nodes glabrous, rooting from lower ones. Leaves 1-3 x 0.2-0.6 cm, oblong, obtuse at apex, rounded at base, glabrous; sheath rounded; ligule membranous. Raceme 1-2 cm long, solitary. Spikelets in pairs, dissimilar. Sessile spikelets 3 mm long, lanceolate; lower glume 3 x 0.5 mm, 5-nerved; upper glume 3 x 1 mm, 3-nerved; lower floret empty, upper bisexual; first lemma 2 x 0.5 mm, oblong, delicate, epaleate; second lemma 2 x 0.5 mm; cleft to below the middle and awned at the sinus, epaleate; awn 9 mm long; stamens 3; ovary oblong. Pedicelled spikelets reduced to a long pedicel or with one two aristate glumes.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-700
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Localities:
Kulathupuzha, Chittar, Amburi
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