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Eragrostideae
Eragrostis atrovirens
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Roadsides, river banks. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan [tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia].
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Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
Fl. & Fr. Per. throughout most of the year.
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atrovirens: dark green
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
Flowering class: Monocot Habit: Herb
Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Eragrostis chariis (Schult.) Hitchc., a name often misapplied to Eragrostis atrovirens (e.g. Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 2:234) is a synonym of Eragrostis nutans (Retz.) Steud., a quite different species.
An extremely common grass forming an appreciable part of the fodder available in waste places in the plains.
Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1:266. 1854, is similar to Eragrostis atrovirens but is an annual. The florets diverge at 45 degrees from the rhachilla and are 34 times as long as the internode. The lemmas, which are 1.2-1.7 mm long, do not overlap and the rhachilla is visible between them. There are only 2 stamens.
Widespread in India; it is reported from East Punjab and may occur in Pakistan.
Eragrostis nigra Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glum. 1:267. 1854, is also similar, having a loose open panicle, slate-grey to almost black florets and lemmas 1.5-2.2 mm long.
Reported from Chitral by Stamm & Wohrl but no authentic specimens have been seen.
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Global Distribution
Africa and Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
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