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Flora of |
Ladakh |
Botanical name |
Stipa splendens Trin. |
Synonyms |
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Family |
Poaceae |
Plant Stage |
Reproductive |
Place of collection |
Indus near Leh |
Altitude (m) |
3352.8 |
Date of Collection |
5-09-1955 |
Accession No. |
9243 |
Total Accessions |
4 |
Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. |
29/w |
Remarks: Tufted robust perennial 50-250 cm high, with fibrous remains of old leaf-sheaths at the base. Leaf-blades flat or more usually involute, 4-10 mm wide when flattened, glabrous; Glumes unequal, elliptic, acute, the lower (3.2-)4-4.5(-6) mm long, 1-nerved, the upper (4.5-)5-6(-8) mm long, 3-nerved; lemma narrowly elliptic, 4.8-5.7 mm long (including callus), loosely hairy, conspicuously 2-toothed at the tip, |
Identified by |
B.K.Abrol |
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