✿Poaceae · Chrysopogon
Dhaulu / Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass
Chrysopogon fulvus
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chrysopogon fulvus
- Genus
- Chrysopogon
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Stream banks in moist deciduous forests
- Distribution
- Tropics of Asia and East Africa
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Bihar, Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-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 Dhaulu itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- धौलू Dhaulu, धोलू Dholu, Goria
- Kannada
- Chalo sanna kannee hullu, Ganjigarike
- Marathi
- Karni, Thigori
About Dhaulu
Reddish-Yellow Beardgrass (Chrysopogon fulvus) is a herb in the Poaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and 10 other states. It grows in stream banks in moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to December.
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Dhaulu belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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