Reed Grass
Arundinella setosa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- May-December
How to identify Reed Grass
Identify Reed Grass 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: May-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Reed Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Arundinella setosa
- Genus
- Arundinella
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and grasslands
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Southeast Asia, China, Malaysia, Nepal
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- 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 Reed Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Reed Grass
Reed grass (Arundinella setosa) is a herb in the Poaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and 9 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Poaceae
Grass family
Reed Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
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