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windmill grasses
Chloris
Chloris is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, known generally as windmill grass or finger grass.
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Finger Grass
speciesChloris barbata

feather finger grass
speciesChloris virgata

Rhodes Grass
speciesChloris gayana

tumble windmillgrass
speciesChloris verticillata

Hooded Windmill Grass
speciesChloris cucullata

black windmill grass
speciesChloris truncata

Spider Web Chloris
speciesChloris pycnothrix

shortspike windmill grass
hybridChloris × subdolichostachya

Chloris formosana
speciesChloris formosana

Slender Chloris
speciesChloris divaricata

tall chloris
speciesChloris ventricosa

radiate fingergrass
speciesChloris radiata

Slimspike Windmill Grass
speciesChloris andropogonoides

comb windmill grass
speciesChloris pectinata
Chloris submutica
speciesChloris submutica

Texas Windmillgrass
speciesChloris texensis

Chloris pilosa
speciesChloris pilosa

Chloris lobata
speciesChloris lobata

Chloris × pseudosagrana
hybridChloris × pseudosagrana

Chloris halophila
speciesChloris halophila

Chloris rufescens
speciesChloris rufescens

Chloris humbertiana
speciesChloris humbertiana
Chloris mossambicensis
speciesChloris mossambicensis
Chloris castilloniana
speciesChloris castilloniana

Chloris flabellata
speciesChloris flabellata

Chloris flagellifera
speciesChloris flagellifera

Chloris pumilio
speciesChloris pumilio

Chloris filiformis
speciesChloris filiformis

Chloris nutans
speciesChloris nutans

Chloris diluta
speciesChloris diluta

Chloris circumfontinalis
speciesChloris circumfontinalis

Chloris paniculata
speciesChloris paniculata

Chloris robusta
speciesChloris robusta

Chloris bournei
speciesChloris bournei

Chloris quinquesetica
speciesChloris quinquesetica
Chloris affinis
speciesChloris affinis
Chloris ekmanii
speciesChloris ekmanii
Chloris mensensis
speciesChloris mensensis

Chloris sagrana
speciesChloris sagrana
Chloris suringarii
speciesChloris suringarii
Chloris amethystea
speciesChloris amethystea
Chloris orthonoton
speciesChloris orthonoton
Chloris anomala
speciesChloris anomala
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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Every page naming Chloris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62920.
