Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Poaceae / Gramineae
Eragrostis cilianensis (All.) Lut. ex F. T. Hubbard
(Syn: Briza eragrostis Linn.)
English name: Grey love grass, Stink grass.
Local name: Puchhir ghaa.
Description:
A loosely-tufted slender annual or short-lived perennial grass; 10-90 cm high, erect
or ascending, glabrous, shining, spikelets linear to ovate or oblong, compressed pale
green rarely purplish at base.
Flowering Period:
May to October.
Habitat:
In moist places, in and around cultivated areas, also in dry
stream beds.
Uses:
Occasionally used as a fodder.
Distribution:
Pakistan (Sindh, Balochistan, Punjab, KPK & Kashmir);
tropical and warm temperate regions of the old world;
introduced to the new world.
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