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Chloris barbata
Sign in to saveAlso known as Swollen fingergrass, Swollen Finger Grass, airport grass, feather finger grass, fingergrass, pea-cock plumegrass, plush grass, purpletop chloris, swollen fingergrass, swollen windmill grass
species of plant
Species
Finger Grass
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
Native toAldabra, Algeria, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China Southeast, Djibouti
Observations10,128
Observations recorded16,031
Cattle are said to be partial to this grass when it is young, but avoid it when the inflorescence matures. It has a purplish inftorescence with nearly globose sterile lemmas.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,385
- With media
- 1,404
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- CICY, SERBO, FC-UNAM, IBUNAM, ANSP, MEL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Honduras, Thailand, Australia, United States
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