生于山坡荒地沟边。模式标本采自印度。
Arthraxon lanceolatus var. echinatus (Nees) Hack. in DC. Monogr. Phan. 6: 348. 1889; Welzen in Blumea 27(1): 285. 1981. ——Batratherum echinatum Nees in Edinb. New phil. Journ. 18: 181. 1835——Andropogon echinatus Heyne ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. 1: 383. 1854.——Arthraxon echinatus Hochst. Flora 39: 188. 1856; Jain in Journ. Ind. Bot: Soc. 51: 173. Pl. 20. 1972; Mehra et Kalia in Taxon 23: 806. 1974.——Arthraxon spathacens Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7: 145. 1897.
