Good morning Sir, A correction in description - stem of this grass is not hairy, long trailing and purple coloured, yet to see if there is any root on the nodes.
Thank you, Regards, surajit On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:15 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Sir, > > Attaching images of the same grass taken today (11/10/12). This grass is > all over hairy, including both surfaces of leaves. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:06 PM, surajit koley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sir, >> >> I will keep a watch on its inflorescence and post pictures of mature >> inflorescence. >> >> Thank you once again. >> >> Regards, >> >> surajit >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:55 PM, manoj chandran <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The dense inflorescence and hairy stems suggests it is Setaria >>> poiretiana. However, wait for some more time for the whole inflorescence to >>> mature and post the close up of mature spikelets and inflorescence. >>> Definitely not S.palmifolia whose general appearance of the population >>> itself is different. >>> >>> On Monday, October 8, 2012 11:45:14 PM UTC+5:30, surajitkoley wrote: >>>> >>>> Sir, >>>> >>>> This is a very common grass growing along roadside, edge of ditches and >>>> waste places. I was waiting for its inflorescence and found a few today. >>>> >>>> Species : *Setaria palmifolia* (J.Koenig) Stapf ? >>>> Habit & Habitat : roadside, edge of ditches, waste places, shady >>>> places, height 2.5 feet, but can grow more; leaf avg. 19 cm or more x 4 cm, >>>> stem all over hairy >>>> Date : 8/10/12, 8.45 a.m. >>>> Place : Hooghly >>>> >>>> Thank you & Regards, >>>> >>>> surajit >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > --
