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Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf

Synonyms

Andropogon annulatus, Andropogon comosus, Andropogon garipensis, Andropogon nodosus, Andropogon obtusus, Andropogon scandens, Bothriochloa tuberculata, Dichanthium nodosum, Gymnandropogon annulatus, Lepeocercis annulata, Sorghum annulatum

Common names

Delhi grass, Diaz bluestem, Hindi grass, humeira, jargu grass, Kleberg bluestem, marvel grass, ringed dichanthium, sheda grass, vuda bluegrass, zamzam

Extract from Wikipedia article

Dichanthium annulatum is a species of grass. It is commonly used as a forage for livestock.[+]

Blooming Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, October 24, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Close up of a spikelet of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, October 24, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Spikelet of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, October 24, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Flowering Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, October 24, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, October 24, 2015
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Al Mawrid St, Doha, Qatar

Spikes of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Al Mawrid St, Doha, Qatar

Close up of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Al Mawrid St, Doha, Qatar

Close up of a spike of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Al Mawrid St, Doha, Qatar

Details of a spike of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Al Mawrid St, Doha, Qatar

Spike of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016
Al Mawrid St, Doha, Qatar

Spike of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on white background taken from Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016

Close up of a spike of Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) on white background taken from Al Mawrid Street in Al Lejbailat area. Doha, Qatar, February 25, 2016

Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Back lit Hindi grass (Diaz bluestem, Dichanthium annulatum) in a silty depression on roadside of a road to Zubara, area of Al Magdah farms. Northern Qatar, February 27, 2016
Unnamed Road, Qatar

Links

• Flora of Qatar.
• Unknown plants or plants without names.
• Duplicate and extra pictures of plants.
• Earlier version of collection of plants.
• Other collections of pictures from Qatar: Lizards of Qatar, Cats of Qatar, Camels of Qatar, and Fish of Qatar.
• Picture archives.
• Home page of A. Sergeev.

Outside links

• Dichanthium annulatum, Wikipedia article
• Dichanthium annulatum from www.theplantlist.org
• Ekhlas M. M. Abdel Bary, The Flora of Qatar, Volume I: The Dicotyledons. Doha 2012
• Flora of Qatar, Volume II: The Monocotyledons
• Illustrated Checklist of the Flora of Qatar. John Norton et al. 2009
• Qatar eNature. Flora
• Ali Al-Rawi, Flowering plants of Kuwait, 1985
• Plants of Kuwait
• Flora of Saudi Arabia, Al-Qassim Region
• Flora of Eastern Saudi Arabia by Rain and Dust at Flickr
• Plants of South-Western Morocco
• Pictures from Qatar (Flickr/cpmkutty)
• Arabian plants by Gary Brown
• Flora of Israel

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• Full names, synonyms, and classification of plants were found online from catalogueoflife.org and theplantlist.org using a script.
• Pictures of plants were selected from a database using a script.
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Acknowledgements

QNHG (Qatar Natural History Group) and associated people, for a possibility to participate in their field excursions and to learn about local nature.