| Indian Rough-Grass |
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| File size | 629721 |
| Original date | 6/11/23 9:58 AM |
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| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 90.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 18.0 |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5600 |
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Botanical name: Trachys muricata Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Cenchrus muricatus, Panicum cenchroides, Cenchrus tripsaceus
Synonyms: Cenchrus muricatus, Panicum cenchroides, Cenchrus tripsaceus
Indian Rough-Grass is an annual, creeping grass,
rooting at lower nodes, nodes densely bearded. Leaves are up to 10 x 1
cm, tip pointed, base heart-shaped, margin wavy on one side, densely
bristly; sheaths to 6 cm, bristly; ligule membranous. Racemes are 1-3,
stiff, up to 6 cm; axis broadly winged; spikelets clustered, glumes, to
6 mm long, glumes and lemmas woolly, scaly, awnless, lower florets
epaleate. Indian Rough-Grass is native to India, Srilanka and Myanmar.
Flowering: October-December.
| Identification credit: Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. |
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