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  • COMMON NAME: Indian love grass, Slender meadow grass
  • ARABIC: فث
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv.
  • SYNONYMS: Poa pilosa L.
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Sharjah
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1180620-2#synonyms
Slender or loosely, tufted annuals, 10-50 cm high. Culms numerous, erect or geniculate-ascending, smooth, glabrous. Ligule hairy, short. Leaf-blades flat, lanceolate, 5-15 cm long, hairy. Spikelets small, 5-11 flowered, purple, in a rich open capillary panicle. Pedicels little longer than the spikelets, 4-6 mm long. Glums very unequal, 0.5-2 mm long. Lemma ovate, 1-1.5 mm long. Palea deciduous, 1-1.2 mm long. Stamens 3. Grains oblong. Flowering in Spring.
Damp places and roadsides.
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