Chloris gayana Kunth

Stoloniferus perennial , up to 1 m tall with very deep roots . Stems (culms) erect or decumbent , tufted or creeping ; without nodal roots or rooting from lower nodes . Leaves linear , with flat or folded glabrous blades , tapering at the apex . Inflorescences a head of 9-12 digitate racemes , light greenish brown (rarely yellow) turn darker brown as they mature . Spikelets 3- to 4-flowered , 2-awned . Glumes persistent ; similar ; reaching apex of florets ; thinner than fertile lemma ; gaping . Flowers lodicules 2 ; cuneate ; fleshy . Fruits caryopsis with adherent pericarp ; trigonous . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .

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Not Evaluated (NE)

Not Common

Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Chloris glabrata Andersson
Chloris repens Hochst.
Eustachys gayana (Kunth) Mundy