| Himalayan Heathgrass |
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| Original date | 2/13/19 9:10 PM |
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| Camera model | ILCE-6100 |
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Botanical name: Pseudodanthonia himalaica Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Danthonia himalaica
Synonyms: Danthonia himalaica
Himalayan Heathgrass is a perennial grass with stems
upto 45 cm tall. Leaf blade is involute, 15-30 cm x 1.5-2 mm. Flower
panicles are contracted, lanceshaped, 2-9 cm x 0.5-1 mm. Spikelets are
solitary; wedge-shaped, laterally compressed, 1.2-2.5 cm long. Fertile
spikelets are stalked, flower-stalks fringed with hairs; glumes
similar; lemma 7-9-nerved, lanceshaped, 1-1.4 cm long, tip bifid,
awned; palea winged, 2-keeled. Stamens 3. Himalayan Heathgrass is
found in West Himalaya.
| Identification credit: Kuntal Saha | Photographed in Lokhandi, Chakrata, Uttarakhand. |
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