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Chloris virgata

Authority Sw. Family Liliopsida:Commelinidae:Cyperales:Gramineae Synonyms Common names capim de raiz, capim mimoso de cacho, feather fingergrass, feather top Rhodes grass, feather-top chloris, showy chloris, witpluim chloris Editor Ecocrop code 683

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION A variable grass with culms up to 15-90 cm high, often decumbent and rooting from the lower nodes. USES Used for pasture and makes a somewhat inferior hay. It is one of the first grasses to colonize bare ground, and has been used for reseeding denuded rangeland. GROWING PERIOD Summer-growing annual grass. COMMON NAMES Feather finger grass, Woolly-top Rhodes grass, Feather-top Rhodes grass, Black-seed, Feather-top chloris. FURTHER INF Feather finger grass can be found at elevations between sea level and 2000 m. It is often found along roadsides, in grasslands as a weed and is secondary in cultivation. It can become a weed in cultivated fields.
Sources
Grassland Index Skerman P 1990 pp 293-295 [TEMP, KTMP, RAIN, DRA, TEXT, SAL, PH, LIG] Duke J 1979 pp 94 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Duke J 1975 pp 11 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Roecklein J 1987 pp 511 [USE] Ibrahim K 1987 pp 105 Bogdan A 1977 pp 87 [RAIN, TEXT]