• Family : Poaceae
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
• Synonym(s) : Andropogon brongniartii Steud.; Andropogon hexastachyus (Hochst. ex Miq.) Steud.; Andropogon minutiflorus Steud.; Andropogon trispicatus Schult.; Andropogon tristachyos Roxb.; Erianthus hexastachyus Hochst. ex Miq.; Erianthus roxburghii F.Muell.; Erianthus tristachyus Nees ex Hook. & Arn.; Eulalia argentea (Trin.) Brongn.; Eulalia lagopus (Hack.) Henrard; Eulalia trispicata (Schult.) Henrard; Eulalia tristachya Kuntze; Pogonatherum tristachyum (Steud.) Roberty; Pollinia argentea (Brongn.) Trin.;Pollinia argentea var. queenslandica Domin; Pollinia leptantha Stapf; Pollinia tristachya (Steud.) Thwaites; Saccharum rufum Steud.; Saccharum tristachyum Steud.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum (Schult.) Ohwi
• Common name : Three-Spike Silvergrass
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : Wet soil along brooklets
• Key identification features : Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Butt sheaths glabrous. Culms erect; 30-120 cm long. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 10-30 cm long; 2-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface glabrous.
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Distribution :
  • Himachal Pradesh : Hamirpur district
• Native : Andaman Is., India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West H
• Exotic/Native : Native
• Literature : Photographs of Ashuthosh Sharma
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Pseudopogonatherum trispicatum. Downloaded on 9 December 2022.

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