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Chloris verticillata Nutt.
tumble windmill grass

       
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Line Drawing of Chloris verticillata Nutt.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 225. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Chloris verticillata Nutt.

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Distribution:
Chloris verticillata Nutt.

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USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Chloris verticillata Nutt.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 25 species in Chloris
 

Classification:
Chloris verticillata Nutt.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Poaceae – Grass family
Genus Chloris Sw. – windmill grass
Species Chloris verticillata Nutt. – tumble windmill grass
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Chloris verticillata Nutt.

tumble windmill grass
windmillgrass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Chloris verticillata Nutt.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41575.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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