Common name: Chinese Lovegrass • Marathi: सीतेचे पोहे seete-che pohe • Nepali: बन्सो banso • Telugu: ఊదర గడ్డి udara gaddi
Botanical name: Eragrostis unioloides Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Poa unioloides, Eragrostis amabilis
Chinese Lovegrass is an annual, or perennial, short-lived grass. Culms are
rising or prostrate, 7–50 cm long, rooting from lower nodes. Ligule is a
fringe of hairs. Leaf-blades are 3–10 cm long, 2–5 mm wide. Spikelets occur
in panicles. Spikelets are ovate, laterally compressed, looking like pink
hearts. 4–12 mm long, 2–3.4 mm wide.
Identification credit: Satish Pardeshi
| Photographed at Ghodbunder Road, Thane, Maharashtra. |
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