Finger Grass (Chloris barbata)

Grass and GrassesBirdwood Buffel (Cenchrus setiger) Buffel Grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) Fairy Grass (Sporobolus caroli) Finger Grass (Chloris barbata) Kangaroo Grass (Themeda triandra) Silkyheads (Cymbopogon obtectus) Wanderrie Grass (Eriachne sp)

Chloris barbata, also known as Finger Grass, is an environmental weed grass and found in the Northern Territory, northern Western Australia, central and northern Queensland. Found growing in degraded land and coastal sites, as well as along roadsides, footpaths and in pastures. From these areas it will spread into natural habitats, where it will out-compete native species.

Chloris barbata (formerly Chloris inflata), Ormiston Gorge, NT — *Chloris barbata* (formerly *Chloris inflata*), Ormiston Gorge, NT

This species is tolerant of high salt concentrations. When the grass is still young, it is favoured by cattle.

Previously treated as Chloris inflata in NT, SA and QLD. The correct name for the taxon in Australia is unclear (for more information see Atlas of Living Australia – Chloris barbata).

Common name
Finger Grass, Swollen Fingergrass, Purpletop Chloris, Rhodes Grass, Windmill Grass and Purpletop Rhodes Grass.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Eleusininae
Genus: Chloris
Species: C. barbata
- formerly C. inflata
Binomial name: Chloris barbata

Footnote & References

Finger Grass, Chloris barbata Sw., Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2893018#overview
Chloris inflata Link, Florabase, Western Australian Herbarium, https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/search/current/10838
Chloris barbata, Weeds of Australia, https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/chloris_barbata.htm

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