Bothriochloa ischaemum from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 10:201. 1936

syn: Andropogon ischaemum L.; Dichanthium ischaemum (L.) Roberty

Tufted perennial herb mostly basal leaves; stems erect or geniculately ascending, up to 60 cm high. Leaf-blades up to 15 cm long, 2-4 mm wide. Inflorescence with 5-13 subdigitate 4-6 cm long racemes; shortly pedunculate, the peduncles glabrous. Sessile spikelet oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-5 mm long; lower glume chartaceous, hairy below the middle, not glossy, without a pit, acute; awn 12-15 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet glabrous on the back, without a pit.

Common in lawns in Kashmir. Photographed from Srinagar and Baramulla in Kashmir in June.

 
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[Balkar Arya]

I think this is common in plains also

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Dr Balkar Singh
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[Gurcharan Singh]

That is B. pertusa, Balkar ji

But easily confused with Dichanthium annulatum.

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Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Balkar Arya]

Thanks for clarification Sir

[Ushadi micromini]

is this the plant that sticks its seeds to pants hems or sari hemms
as one walks thru um-mowed grassy areas... ??/

Usha di
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On Sep 2, 7:16 am, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for clarification Sir
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > That is B. pertusa, Balkar ji
> > But easily confused with Dichanthium annulatum.
>
> > --
>
> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh
> > Retired  Associate Professor
> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
> > Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
> >http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/
>

> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I think this is common in plains also
>

> >> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>> *Bothriochloa ischaemum *(L.) Keng, Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China,

> >>> Bot. Ser. 10:201. 1936

> >>> syn: *Andropogon ischaemum* L.; *Dichanthium ischaemum* (L.) Roberty

[Gurcharan Singh]

I don't think so Usha di

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/