Purpletop Rhodes grass
Chloris inflata
family
Poaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
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.
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
"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."