Plant. Photo: Richard Hartland, near Keilor, Vic

Seeds on stems. Photo: Richard Hartland, near Keilor, Vic

Dried plant. Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany, plant from Trangie, NSW

Seeds. USDA NRCS PLANTS Database. Photographer Jose Hernandez

Common Name

Plump Windmill Grass, Tall Chloris, Durawigura

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass to 1m tall. Leaves with a rough, hairless, or hairy sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane with a fringe of hairs. Leaves 4-20cm long, 2-3mm wide, usually flat, hairless, hairy, or rough, tips abruptly pointed. Spikelets pale green to purplish black, 2-6mm long. Seeds with 2 awns. Flower groups digitate, limp. Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photo (page 76) and line drawing of flower head (page 74 Fig. 14f) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 76

PlantNET description with line drawings and photos:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Chloris~ventricosa

ausgrass2 description with line drawings and photos:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/chloris-ventricosa