How to identify Aeluropus lagopodioides
Identify Aeluropus lagopodioides by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-May.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Aeluropus lagopodioides.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Aeluropus lagopodioides
- Genus
- Aeluropus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Salt marshes, coastal sands and alkaline soils
- Distribution
- North Africa from Morocco to Somalia; Sicily and Cyprus through Middle East to Central Asia, India and Pakistan
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Aeluropus lagopodioides itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Aeluropus lagopodioides
Aeluropus lagopodioides is a herb in the Poaceae family. It grows in salt marshes, coastal sands and alkaline soils. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Poaceae
Grass family
Aeluropus lagopodioides belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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