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feathered finger grass
Feathered finger grass (Chloris virgata).
windmill grass
plant
Also known as: Chloris, finger grass
- Also called:
- finger grass
windmill grass, (genus Chloris), genus of about 55 species of annual and perennial grasses of the family Poaceae, distributed throughout warm regions of the world. Several are used as forage and hay grasses, and a number are considered weeds or invasive species in areas outside their native range. Windmill grasses are highly variable in growth habit. Some species spread by rhizomes (underground stems) or stolons, while others are clumping or tufted. The linear leaf blades often feature coarse hairs at the base and along the margins. The branching inflorescences are characteristically umbel-like (flower stalks of nearly equal length emerge from ...(100 of 164 words)