✿Poaceae · Isachne
Swamp Millet
Isachne globosa
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Isachne globosa
- Genus
- Isachne
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wetlands, fields and marshes
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- India, Southeast Asia
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Myanmar, Japan, extending to Southeast Asia to Australia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded“It has distinctive 2-2.5mm globose spikelets, with pink stigmas.” — 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 Swamp Millet itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Swamp Millet
Swamp Millet (Isachne globosa) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and 8 other states. It grows in wetlands, fields and marshes. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Swamp Millet belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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