Eriophorum comosum L.
Eriophorum comosum L.
Eriophorum comosum L.
MH316 : Eriophorum comosum (Wall.) Nees
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 538 |
| Synonym | : | Eriophorum arundinaceum Nees;
Eriophorum cannabina Royle;
Erioscirpus comosus (Wall.) Palla;
Scirpus comosus Wall.;
Scirpus elongatus Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Trichophorum comosum (Wall.) A.Dietr. |
| Plant Common Name | : | Hairy Cottongrass, Phurke Jhaar |
| Plant Family | : | Cyperaceae |
| Description | : | Rhizomes short, stout. Culms densely tufted, obtusely 3-angled or rarely cylindric, 14-78 cm tall, 1-2 mm thick, smooth, clothed at base with black to brown leaf sheaths. Leaves many, overtopping inflorescence; leaf blade linear, 0.5-1 mm wide, margin involute and scabrous, gradually tapering and setaceous toward apex. Involucral bracts leaflike, overtopping inflorescence; bractlets lanceolate, margin scabrous, apically setaceous. Inflorescence a large compound or decompound anthela, 6-22 cm. Spikelets many, solitary or a cluster of 2 or 3, oblong but ellipsoid at anthesis, 6-12 mm. Glumes brown, ovate-lanceolate, 2.3-3 mm, membranous, keel green, excurrent into a mucro at acute to obtuse apex; basal 4 glumes empty. Perianth bristles many, surpassing glume at maturity, ca. 7 mm, smooth. Stamens 2; anthers purplish black, narrowly ovoid, apex mucronate. Style shorter than nutlet; stigmas 3. Nutlet narrowly oblong, ca. 2.5 × 0.5 mm (including beak), compressed 3-sided. Fl. and fr. May-Nov. 2n = 52. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/243680
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200026760
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-244537
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hairy%20Cottongrass.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Liliopsida - Monocotyledons |
| Subclass | : Commelinidae |
| Order | : Cyperales |
| Family | : Cyperaceae - Sedge family |
| Genus | : Eriophorum L. - cottongrass |
| Species | : Eriophorum comosum L. |