Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Chloris verticillata has an inflorescence arranged like spokes of a wheel
in several levels, in other words, there are several whorls of branches along the axis.
The spikelets are two or three flowered, and the lowest lemma has an awn over 3mm long.
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Chloris verticillata, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Oct. 15, 2007
Chloris verticillata, detail of spike, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Oct. 15, 2007
Chloris verticillata, detail of spikelet, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Oct. 15, 2007
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