About Finger Grass
Chloris barbata (syn. Chloris inflata), the swollen fingergrass or purpletop chloris, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is native to drier parts of the Old World tropics and sub-tropics, and it has been introduced to the southern US, most of Latin America and the Caribbean, many tropical islands, and Australia. It is considered an invasive weed species and is host to a number of serious agricultural pest species.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Chloris barbata
- Genus
- Chloris
- Family
- POACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forests, wasteland and riversides
- Distribution
- Tropics of the World
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- Chevvarakupul, Kotai-p-pul, Kuruthu pillu
- Kannada
- hennu-manchadakalu hullu, sevaragu
- Malayalam
- konda-pullu, മയിൽപ്പുല്ല്
- Marathi
- gondvel, tan
Poaceae
Grass family
Finger Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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