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Ornamental - It is used in interiorscapes for groundcover or filler. Medicine - The plant is used as medicine for curing dry tongue and mouth, and constipation.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Evergreen broad-leaved forests, mixed forests, bamboo forests, scrub, moist and shady places along streams, grassy slopes at altitudes of 700-3000 m asl.
Is drought-resistant and requires minimal care; ideal for low-maintenance gardens.
Grass like plant 10-15 cm tall.
The plants lack woody stems and instead have a basal growth pattern.
Leaves basal, tufted, sessile, grasslike, 15--55(--70) cm × 3--15 mm, 5--9-veined, base attenuate, margin usually serrulate; leaf tufts usually surrounded by brownish, membranous sheaths. Scape (15--)20--50 cm, sometimes slightly flattened and narrowly 2-winged.
Inflorescence a reduced panicle, 5-16 cm, many flowered; bracts subulate, linear, or lanceolate, basal one 1.5-4 cm. Flowers in clusters of 2 or 3 or sometimes solitary; pedicel 4-7 mm, articulate proximally or at middle. Tepals white or purplish, oblong, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 4-7 × 2-2.5 mm. Filaments very short; anthers 2-4 mm. Style 3-4 mm.
Seeds ellipsoid.
Flowering: May – August
Fruiting: August – October