Poaceae
Feather fingergrass
Chloris virgata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Chloris
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Witpluim-chloris
- Chinese
- 虎尾草, 刷子头, 棒锤草, 盘草
- Czech
- Prstnatka prutnatá
- English
- Feather fingergrass, Feather windmillgrass, Feather-top chloris, Feathery rhodes-grass
- Finnish
- Untuvaviuhkaheinä
- Japanese
- オヒゲシバ
- Korean
- 나도바랭이
- Mongolian
- Саваан булган сүүл
- Persian
- علف پنجه سر
- Swedish
- Dunkvastgräs
- Welsh
- Glaswellt-Rhodes Affrica
Synonyms
- Agrostomia barbata Cerv.
- Chloris alba J.Presl
- Chloris alba var. aristulata Torr.
- Chloris alberti Regel
- Chloris barbata var. decora (Nees ex Steud.) Benth.
- Chloris barbata var. meccana (Hochst. & Steud. ex Schltdl.) Asch. & Schweinf.
- Chloris brachystachys Andersson
- Chloris caudata Trin.
- Chloris compressa DC.
- Chloris decora Nees ex Steud.
- Chloris elegans Kunth
- Chloris gabrielae Domin
- Chloris madagascariensis Steud.
- Chloris meccana Hochst. ex Steud.
- Chloris multiradiata Hochst.
- Chloris notocoma Hochst.
- Chloris penicillata (Vahl) Pers.
- Chloris penicillata Jan ex Trin.
- Chloris penicillata Willd. ex Steud.
- Chloris polydactyla P.Durand
- Chloris polydactyla subsp. multiradiata (Hochst.) Chiov.
- Chloris pubescens Lag.
- Chloris pulchra Schumach.
- Chloris rogeonii A.Chev.
- Chloris tetrastachys Hack. ex Hook.f.
- Chloris tibestica Quézel
- Chloris virgata var. elegans (Kunth) Stapf
- Cynosurus penicillatus Vahl
- Eleusine penicillata (Vahl) Spreng.
- Heterolepis elegans Ehrenb. ex Boiss.
- Rabdochloa virgata (Sw.) P.Beauv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.