Chloris mossambicensis

Description

Tufted, stoloniferous perennial with the culms up to 30 cm high, compressed and glaucous-based. Inflorescence of three to four digitate spikes 4-7 cm long, straw-coloured, variegated with purple; spikelets 3-4 mm long, lemmas with an inconspicuous fringe above (Napper, 1965; Meredith, 1955). It resembles Rhodes grass but has shorter stolons (Bogdan & Pratt, 1967).