Hemarthria compressa (L.f) R. Br.
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Description
Hemarthria compressa is a perennial creeping grass, usually 30–100 cm tall, forming dense mats through long creeping stolons. Culms are slender, flattened or compressed, rooting at nodes, and producing extensive vegetative growth. Leaves are linear, narrow, and flat, usually 5–25 cm long and 3–10 mm wide. Leaf blades are smooth, green, and often slightly folded. Leaf sheaths are compressed and closely surround the stem. Ligules are short and membranous. The inflorescence consists of slender spike-like racemes, usually partly enclosed within the upper leaf sheaths. Spikelets occur in pairs along the rachis, with one sessile fertile spikelet and one reduced spikelet. Flowers are bisexual, reduced, and wind-pollinated. The fruit is a small caryopsis.
Diagnostic Characters
Distribution
Native range: Native to Tropical and subtropical Asia.
In Pakistan: Found in Pakistan, India, China, Southeast Asia.
Phenology
Ethnobotany & Uses
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Taxonomic Notes
Hemarthria belongs to tribe Andropogoneae.