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| Flora of |
Kashmir |
| Botanical name |
Milium effusum Linn. |
| Synonyms |
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| Family |
Poaceae |
| Plant Stage |
Vegetative |
| Place of collection |
Harwan |
| Altitude (m) |
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| Date of Collection |
7-10-1952 |
| Accession No. |
13904 |
| Total Accessions |
3 |
| Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
29/w |
| Remarks: Tufted, shortly rhizomatous perennial; culms 45-180cm high, usually erect. Leaf-blades flat, 10-30cm long, 5-15mm wide, glabrous. Panicle ovate or pyramidal, 10-40cm long, very lax and up to 20 cm wide, the branches in groups of up to 6, flexuous, spreading or deflexed. Spikelets 3-4mm long, pale green, rarely purple; glumes ovate to ovate-elliptic, membranous with hyaline margins; lemma slightly shorter than the glumes or as long as them. |
| Identified by |
L.D.Kapoor |
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