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Pangola Grass
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Pangola Grass
P Naturalized Photo: Kuntal Saha
Common name: Pangola Grass, Common finger grass, Digit grass, Woolly finger grass, Smuts finger grass, Giant pangola grass
Botanical name: Digitaria eriantha    Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Digitaria decumbens, Digitaria valida
Pangola Grass is a perennial grass which comprises many morphologically different types that were once considered to be separate species. Its stems are simple or branched, 35-180 cm tall. The leaf blades are 5-60 cm long, 2-14 mm wide, hairless or hairy. Pangola Grass is sometimes runneriferous or clustered and rhizomatous. The runners spread over the surface of the ground and develop roots at the nodes. The runners and stems are hairy. The inflorescence is a digitate (single whorl) or subdigitate (2 or more whorls) panicle comprising 3-17 racemes, 5-20 cm long. Pangola Grass is native to Tanzania to S. Africa, naturalized in the Himalayas, and many parts of the world.
Identification credit: Kuntal Saha Photographed in Shilli Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh.
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