Poaceae
Radiate fingergrass
Chloris radiata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chloris
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Common names
By language (3)
- Czech
- Prstnatka paprsčitá
- English
- Radiate fingergrass
- Swedish
- Spretkvastgräs
Synonyms
- Actinochloa ciliata Willd. ex P.Beauv.
- Agrostis radiata L.
- Chloris crinita Salzm. ex Döll
- Chloris durandiana Schult.
- Chloris glaucescens Steud.
- Chloris gracilis P.Durand
- Chloris pallida Willd.
- Chloris radiata var. longiaristata Müll.Hal.
- Chloris scoparia (Lam.) Desf.
- Chloris tacnensis Steud.
- Chloris virgata P.Durand
- Chondrosum ciliatum P.Beauv.
- Cynosurus scoparius Lam.
- Gymnopogon radiatus (L.) Parodi
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.