Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Chloris ciliata
Chloris ciliata Sw.
Fringed Windmill Grass
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: CHCIUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Chloris ciliata
Windmill Grass, Fringed Chloris
Poaceae
Location: North edge of East-West path, on extreme east end near ditch, Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Some shade, above average moisture, deep alkaline soil.
Description: Tufted perennial. Culms to 30 cm, erect, sparingly branched. Blades 4 x 100 mm, tip sharply attenuate. Spikes digitate, 3-5 per panicle, 5 cm long, 2 mm thick, ascending. Lemma 2 mm long, apically bidentate with awn .5 mm long and abundant white cilia, 5. mm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 4, 1987
Specimen number: 192
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0419
Accession Date: Jun 27, 1993
Accession Number: 32