Dichaetaria

Dichaetaria is a monotypic genus of South Asian plants in the grass family.^[2][3][4][5] Its only species is Dichaetaria wightii,^[1] native to southern India and Sri Lanka.^[2]

Dichaetaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Dichaetaria Nees ex Steud.[1]
Species:	D. wightii
Binomial name
Dichaetaria wightii Nees ex Steud.
Synonyms
Aristida linarifolia Rottler ex Hook.f. Gymnopogon rigidus Thwaites Gymnopogon wightii (Nees ex Steud.) Koord.

Dichaetaria wightii is a slender perennial herb with narrow flat leaves.^[6][7]