A reply: "Setaria verticillata(L.) P. Beauv." from Nirbhay ji. On 2 August 2012 09:09, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > Some earlier relevant feedback: > > “Yes probably Setaria italica" from Singh ji. > > > > “It is *Setaria verticillata*, commonly found in waste places. You can > identify it from other species of Setaria from its retrose barbs on the > bristles. For this try running your fingers from bottom to top of the > inflorescence. If your fingers cannot run smooth, then the barbs are > retrose (backward curved). In all other species, you can run your fingers > smoothly without any hurdle. > Regards... > Manoj Chandran” > > > > “I am immensely grateful to you for all the ID and identifying key to > various grass species. I *will give the 'finger test' a try whenever i > find the grass again, maybe tomorrow morning. *Meanwhile attaching more > images of the same grass, recorded on 21/7/12. > Regards, > Surajit Koley” > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 15 July 2012 01:08 > Subject: [efloraofindia:121944] grass ID from Hooghly 15-7-12 SK1 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Sir / Madam, > > Found this grass beside a railway track. > > Species : UNKNOWN > Habit & Habitat : about 4 feet high, beside a railline > Date : 4/7/12 > Place : Hooghly > > Thank you & Regards, > > Surajit Koley > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1900 members & > 1,20,700 messages on 30/6/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7000 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1900 members & 1,23,300 messages on 31/7/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 7000 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. --
