Chloris virgata

(Feathertop Rhodes grass)

FAMILY

Poaceae

Species

Chloris virgata

Common name

Feathertop Rhodes grass

Flower colour; life form

Grass to about 1 m tall

Distinguishing features

An annual grass with erect or decumbent stems, leaf blades flat to 30 cm long, distinguished from the other species of Chloris by the basal sheaths being paler than the blade. Inflorescence of 4-12 digitate spikes, silky hairy; spikelets crowded, white to yellowish-brown.

Scan of Chloris virgata