Chloris virgata Sw.

A common grass of weedy areas. Usually taller and with a less reddish, more diffuse inflorescence than the plant pictured.

Inflorescences along NM 152 on the east side of the Black Range, 9/18/05.



Plant habit on the east side of the Black Range, 9/18/05.



Closer view of spikelets on the east side of the Black Range, 9/18/05.



Disarticulating units (one fertile floret and one reduced floret) on the east side of the Rio Grande near U.S. Hwy. 70, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 29 Oct 2013.

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