Golden-Tip Rock-Grass
Polycarpaea aurea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Telangana
- Flowering
- September-February
How to identify Golden-Tip Rock-Grass
Identify Golden-Tip Rock-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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Golden papery flower clusters.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Telangana.
- Confirm it sits within the Caryophyllaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Golden-Tip Rock-Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Polycarpaea aurea
- Genus
- Polycarpaea
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- In rock crevices in dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Golden-Tip Rock-Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Caryophyllaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Golden-Tip Rock-Grass
Golden-Tip Rock-Grass (Polycarpaea aurea) is a herb in the Caryophyllaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Telangana. It grows in in rock crevices in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to February.
Caryophyllaceae
Pink Family
Golden-Tip Rock-Grass belongs to the Caryophyllaceae family.
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