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Poaceae / Gramineae<br />

Dichanthium foveolatum (Del.) Roberty<br />

(Syn: Andropogon foveolatum Del.)<br />

English name: Curly blue grass.<br />

Local name: Ghandel.<br />

Description:<br />

A tufted perennial grass with silky hairy basal sheaths; erect or ascending, 15-80<br />

cmhigh, spikes single, red-tinged.<br />

Flowering Period:<br />

March to September or December.<br />

Habitat:<br />

Atough xerophyte. Grows in open dry gravely and rocky places.<br />

Uses:<br />

Grazed by livestock.<br />

Distribution:<br />

Pakistan, Kenya, Mali and North Africa, eastwards<br />

through the Middle East and Somalia to India and<br />

Sri Lanka.

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