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Chloris barbata Swartz. Common name: Swollen Windmill-grass. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Lower Rio Grande Valley; eastwards in disturbed areas, waste areas near wool-combing mills. Distribution: Native of either or both the New World Tropics (West Indies, e. Mexico, Central America, and South America) or the Old World tropics (Africa, s. Asia).

Origin/Endemic status: Pantropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FlGr, FNA25, K4, POWO, S13, WH3; = Chloris inflata Link — Tx; = n/a — NS, RAB. Basionym: Chloris barbata Sw. 1797 "Urbasionym:" Andropogon barbatus L. 1759

Links to other floras: = Chloris barbata - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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