Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Uncommon

About

This feathery grass grows in open fields and along dry, disturbed roadsides. Its seed heads contain up to 10,000 tiny grains that can remain dormant in soil for years.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Chloris

Species

Chloris virgata