Kleberg's Bluestem
Dichanthium annulatum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- June-March
How to identify Kleberg's Bluestem
Identify Kleberg's Bluestem 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 leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kleberg's Bluestem.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dichanthium annulatum
- Genus
- Dichanthium
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Tropical Africa, India, Myanmar
- Distribution
- Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal, Middle-East to Indonesia; introduced to South Africa, Tropical America and Australia, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana, West Bengal, Bihar, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Mizoram
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The rough-haired leaf blades are up to 30 centimeters long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kleberg's Bluestem itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“The inflorescence is an array of purplish or green branches each up to 7 centimeters long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kleberg's Bluestem itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- மார்வெல் புல்
- Gujarati
- જીંજવો (વનસ્પતિ)
About Kleberg's Bluestem
Kleberg's bluestem (Dichanthium annulatum) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and 15 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from June to March.
Uses
In practice it is harvested for fodder.
Poaceae
Grass family
Kleberg's Bluestem belongs to the Poaceae family.
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