Interrupted Cupscale Grass
Sacciolepis interrupta
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Chhattisgarh, Assam, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Interrupted Cupscale Grass
Identify Interrupted Cupscale 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.
- Confirm fruit surface: Smooth, not spiny.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Chhattisgarh, Assam, Karnataka, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Interrupted Cupscale Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sacciolepis interrupta
- Genus
- Sacciolepis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wetlands
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia and Africa
- Found in India
- Chhattisgarh, Assam, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Interrupted Cupscale Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- തണ്ടാനം പുല്ല്
About Interrupted Cupscale Grass
Interrupted Cupscale Grass (Sacciolepis interrupta) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Chhattisgarh, Assam, Karnataka and 4 other states. It grows in wetlands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Poaceae
Grass family
Interrupted Cupscale Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
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