✿Poaceae · Garnotia

Tall Lawngrass

Garnotia elata

Herb

Habit: Herb
Found in India: Karnataka
Flowering: July-December

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Plant Details

Scientific name: Garnotia elata
Genus: Garnotia
Family: Poaceae
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Rocky areas in grasslands
Habitat type: Grassland, Rocky
Found in India: Karnataka
Flowering & fruiting: July-December
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Arrangement: Alternate
Type: Simple
Margin: Entire
Venation: Parallel

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 Tall Lawngrass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.

About Tall Lawngrass

Tall Lawngrass (Garnotia elata) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in rocky areas in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.

Botanical family

Poaceae

Grass family

Tall Lawngrass belongs to the Poaceae family.

The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.

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