Common in open areas, especially in abandoned agricultural areas. An ornamental. The leaves and tender shoots are edible. The flowers and seeds are astringent, haemostatic, ophthalmic, parasiticidal and poultice.
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An ornamental. The leaves and tender shoots are edible. The flowers and seeds are astringent, haemostatic, ophthalmic, parasiticidal and poultice.
Erect herbs. Leaves simple, × alternate, 2-15 0.1-3.2 cm, lanceolate- oblong, acute to obtuse; petiole to 2 cm long. Inflorescence terminal, dense many- × flowered spikes, 2.5-20 1.5-2.2 cm, white to pink. Perianth segments 6-10 mm. Anthers and filaments creamy to magenta. Ovary 4-8-ovulate, style filiform, 5-7 mm long; stigma 2-3, very short. Capsule 3-4 mm, ovoid to globose; seeds ca. 1.25-1.5 mm, lenticular, black, shining, very finely reticulate.
native range
Asia NARAHDISAS .N/OAF
distribution
Cosmopolitan
english names
Quail grass · Silver spiked cockcomb
flowering fruiting
September – January
occurrence maldives
Common in open areas, especially in abandoned agricultural areas.