Key to Chloris

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(For a list of species in Chloris, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Inflorescence branches in 2–4 separate whorls, 

spreading 

Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.

..... C. verticillata

1' Inflorescence branches digitate, branches 4–30, ± 

erect 

Upright; vertically oriented.

2. Annual ..... C. virgata

2' Perennial herb, generally from stolons

3. Leaf blades 25–50 cm, 3–9 mm wide; upper 

florets 

In Poaceae, a single flower and its immediately subtending bracts (lemma and generally palea, the lemma subtending the palea when the latter is present); in a sterile floret, the flower and sometimes palea are rudimentary or absent.

generally (1)2–4, sterile or staminate; 

spikelets 

1. In Poaceae, one or more florets (each a flower with subtending lemma and generally palea) and generally 2 subtending glumes; in a sterile spikelet, the flower(s) and sometimes palea(s) are rudimentary or absent. 2. In Cyperaceae, the smallest aggregation of flowers (generally more than 2) and associated bracts.

light brown to brown-orange ..... C. gayana

3' Leaf blades 5–20 cm, 2–3 mm wide; upper florets 1(2), staminate; spikelets dark brown to black ..... C. truncata

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