Common Name: Windmill Grass
Botanical Name: Chloris truncata
Family: GRAMINEAE
Description:
Low, erect, short-lived, perennial grass to 50 cm high. Summer active. Summer and autumn. Seed head is distinctive, spreading horizontally in spikes from a central point (i.e. in a windmill shape). Seeds are short, black, arrowhead-shaped and held along each arm of the seed head.
Low, erect, short-lived, perennial grass to 50 cm high. Summer active. Summer and autumn. Seed head is distinctive, spreading horizontally in spikes from a central point (i.e. in a windmill shape). Seeds are short, black, arrowhead-shaped and held along each arm of the seed head.
Natural Distribution:
Common to woodland and grassland areas in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in all other States except NT.
Common to woodland and grassland areas in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in all other States except NT.
Notes:
It can be confused with Enteropogon acicularis but its leaves do not curl. Uncommon in grazed areas. Recorded as uncommon in the South-East region.
It can be confused with Enteropogon acicularis but its leaves do not curl. Uncommon in grazed areas. Recorded as uncommon in the South-East region.
