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Chloris virgata
Also called Feathery Rhodes Grass, Feather Finger Grass, Feather Windmill Grass, Feathered Chloris, Feathertop Rhodes Grass, Feathertop Grass, Hairy Rhodes Grass
Feather fingergrass is a fast-growing annual grass, up to about half a metre tall, with feathery finger-like flower heads. It is a hardy weed of roadsides, farmland and disturbed ground, and is grown as a forage or ornamental grass in some areas.
Chloris virgata is a species of grass known by the common names feather fingergrass feathery Rhodes-grass and feather windmill grass.
It is native to many of the warmer temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions of the world, including parts of Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas, and it is present in many other areas as a naturalized species, including Hawaii, Australia, and the Canary Islands.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chloris virgata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
