Taxon: Chloris verticillata Nutt.

Common names:

• tumble windmill grass   (Source: Names Beetle ) – English
  
• windmill grass   (Source: Grass US ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Grass US)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas, Missouri [w.], Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota [s.e.]
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Allen, C. M. 1980. Grasses of Louisiana.
• Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31.
• Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:340.
• Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
• Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois. [introduced].
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Chloris verticillata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Chloris verticillata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Chloris verticillata.

Check other web resources for Chloris verticillata Nutt.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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