Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Chloris verticillata Nuttall
(Tumble Windmillgrass)


Family: Poaceae

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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