Purpletop Rhodes grass

Chloris inflata

family

Poaceae

origin

Exotic

declaration

NIL

NIL

For information only

Common names

Airport grass, Mexican blue grass, Purple top chloris, Purple top Rhodes grass, Purple-top chloris, Purpletop chloris, Purpletop Rhodes grass, Swollen finger grass, Swollen fingergrass, Swollen windmill grass.

A short-lived or long-lived tufted grass usually growing 20-100 cm tall. Its stems usually spread outwards at first with upright tips. Its long and narrow leaves (4-50 cm long and 2-10 mm wide) are mostly hairless. Its reddish-tinged or purplish seed -heads are borne at the tips of the stems. Each seed-head has several branches (4-8 cm long) that radiate from the same point. The branches have numerous flower spikelets, which leave two small bracts behind when they fall off.

Leaf arrangement:Simple
Leaf form:Basal
Purple
Green

Impact

Impact

"Purpletop Rhodes grass (Chloris inflata) is an environmental weed in northern Australia (i.e. northern Queensland, the Northern Territory and northern Western Australia). In these regions it is an aggressive invader of degraded land and coastal sites, spreading from roadsides and pastures into natural habitats, where it out-competes native species. , This species is currently an emerging weed of roadsides, footpaths and disurbed sites in south-eastern Queensland. Once it becomes established in the region it may have the capability to spread from these sites into natural vegetation, like it has in northern Australia. Hence it should be regarded as a potential environmental weed in south-eastern Queensland."

Location

Location

Characteristics

Characteristics

Similar Species

Similar Species

Control Methods