Chloris virgata Sw.

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Records of this taxon from all countries are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
81325020 Feb 1996SA Renvoize
SA Renvoize
5645
Grassland with a few small trees and occasional groups of large termite mounds. Flooded in the wet season; burnt each year in the dry season. Soil sandy. Disturbed ground beside road.Luapula District; Kalasa Mukoso Flats.0Zambia 12000
36671015 Jan 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Sandy open grassy ridgeRoad from Main Road to Vundu Camp590Zimbabwe1529C4 370-15.75098029.3584407
36785017 Jan 2011MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
Open woodlandNear Rukomechi River bridge, on main road to Mana Pools590Zimbabwe1629A2 480-16.05925029.4069907
9320105 Mar 2010MM Hochobes
ES Klaassen
S Rügheimer
HR Hasheela
D Aiyambo
MM Hochobes
1949
MM Hochobes
WIND

Common. Growing in seasonally waterlogged plain, in hard calcrete. Shade. Roadside.Caprivi: Divundu - Kongola road.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D3 912Erect grass 30 cm high. Branched at flattened nodes. Leaves very soft, folded from the base. Inflorescence a spike, it opens up when it gets wet.-17.93305622.6686115
93313021 Jan 2005S Bartsch
MM Hochobes
S Kruger
ES Klaassen
D Lutombi
ES Klaassen
1384
ES Klaassen
WIND

Okavango, Rundu District: Omega III, in omuramba.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1722D4 10131 m high; grass; Notes: Annual, 1 m high grass. Nodes red coloured. Leaves with midrib red coloured, margin finely serrate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme with hairs at the point of attachment of raceme branches. Uncommon, in moist clay, in full sun.-17.85694022.9105605
9461009 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
189
WIND

Caprivi: Near Ngoma: In Terminalia sericea woodland.0Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1724D3 0Graminoid; Notes: Annual grass, 40 cm when in flower. Culm geniculate, terete, bright green but nodes purple, smooth, glabrous. Leaf blades basally densely tufted, relatively short, no more than 10 cm long, often folded, relatively hard with scabrid margin, dull green to maroon-tinted, basal margin tending to hyaline. Ligule inconspicuous. Leaf sheath overlapping, about same length as blade, glabrous. Inflorescence 7 - 11 digitately compound spikes, about 9 cm long, vertical; borne on slender peduncle up to 15 cm long. Spikelet about 1 mm long, 1 awn/lemma, green to blackish with dense, long, white indumentum; initially sheathed.-17.87500024.6250004
94813018 Feb 1988GL Maggs
GL Maggs
339
WIND

Caprivi: Inkasa Island: malapo on banks of Linyandi River.2080Namibia (Caprivi Strip)1725C3 930Graminoid; Notes: Basally tufted and stoloniferous annual grass, up to 0,5 m when in flower. Culms basally prostrate but then steeply ascending, rooting from lower prostrate nodes, slender and not conspicuously gibbose, smooth and glabrous, partially exposed along upper regions, blue-green to purple-tinted especially near nodes which are deep purple-tinted, branched. Leaf blades lanceolate, 35 - 120 mm long, tapering to apex, broadest at base, 4 - 8 mm wide, folded, blue-green, occasionally purple-tinted, margins white, base rounded and notched, both surfaces with long, white, bulbous-based indumentum. Ligule a membranous ridge with sparse white indumentum, collar with dense, long, white, straight indumentum extending along upper margin of sheath and lower margin of blade. Leaf sheath loosely circumculmate, keeled at base, about glabrous, except for scattered ciliate indumentum, shallowly canaliculate. Inflorescence complex, digitate arrangement of spicate racemes borne on slender, short peduncle, 1 - 7,5 cm long, subtended at base and initially enclosed by upper lamina. Racemes 5 - 7, 7 - 8,5 cm long, steeply ascending but flexuous. Spikelets 2 - flowered, arranged in 2 rows along axis; short stalk bearing long, white, sericeous indumentum. Lower glume membranous, glabrous, greenish white to apically purple-rimmed. Awns long, yellowish, glabrous, straight, slender, up to 12 mm long.-17.78330025.2075005
81324020 Feb 1997DK Harder
DK Harder
3849
L Fish
PRE

Collections along roadside in Mutemwa thicket on Kalahari Sand. Livingstone District; ca. 18.1 km W of intersection of Livingstone-Sesheke and Lusaka Road, ca. 3 km W of Simonga ca. 1.5 km E of Makunka. 0Zambia1725D3 930Frequent; grass, in full sun; shorter in pure sand; lower stems red-purple; red-purple at nodes; bracts light yellow-green, glumes with light purple tinge.-17.81666725.7163895
128147029 Dec 2024MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
MA Hyde
BT Wursten
WoodlandNear Mazvikadei Dam wall.260Zimbabwe1730A2 1179-17.21961430.3907427
9572007 Apr 2018MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Bare sandy soilsOn top of Mazvikadei Dam wall260Zimbabwe1730A2 1163-17.21879030.3938227
16687019 Jan 1988MA Hyde
Bare groundBy Crowborough Rd10Zimbabwe1730D2 TR83325900
1668203 May 1986MA Hyde
RoadsideEltham Rd/ Willowvale Rd10Zimbabwe1730D4 TR86922300
16693017 Feb 1990MA Hyde
Dry groundNr Marimba Rd10Zimbabwe1730D4 TR81322400
11655005 Apr 2022MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Disturbed areas and riverine vegetation by Umfurudzi RiverUmfurudzi Game Park, near the swimming pool and restaurant2300Zimbabwe1731B2 802-17.09604531.7685267
16692010 Feb 1990MA Hyde
Roadside vergeJunction of Carrick Creagh Rd and Scanlen Drive10Zimbabwe1731C1 UR01938700
99602026 Dec 2018MA Hyde
BT Wursten
M Coates Palgrave
P Ballings
MA Hyde
BT Wursten
In vleiMonavale Vlei1,770Zimbabwe1731C3 1457-17.80743631.0100247
100324024 Feb 2019MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Disturbed groundBy small road parallel to Borrowdale Road10Zimbabwe1731C3 1536-17.78090831.0821007
10209701 Jun 2019MA Hyde
MA Hyde
Bare earth in dried-up damNational Botanic Garden, Harare1,210Zimbabwe1731C3 1511-17.80153131.0519887
16679011 Jan 1986MA Hyde
Damp disturbed road vergeBorrowdale Rd1,80Zimbabwe1731C3 TR97134800
1669408 Apr 1990MA Hyde
Disturbed groundBy Leamington Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 UR00036400
16684011 Oct 1986MA Hyde
RoadsideChurchill Avenue East10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR96031000
16685018 Jan 1986MA Hyde
Roadside, ruderal situationUnion Avenue, nr cnr with 4th Street10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR93728200
16686014 Jun 1987MA Hyde
RoadsideGlenara Avenue North10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR97728900
16688019 Jan 1988MA Hyde
By rocky outcropsHatfield Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR93925000
1668909 Apr 1988MA Hyde
Sandy trackS of Mukuvisi river1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 TR97525600
16690011 Feb 1989MA Hyde
RoadsidePrince Edward Street10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR91630100
16683010 May 1986MA Hyde
RoadsideS of Red Fox Hotel, Greendale Ave10Zimbabwe1731C3 TR98728300
16691011 Feb 1989MA Hyde
Grassy areaEdge of Sherwood Golf Course10Zimbabwe1731C3 00
16681022 Mar 1986MA Hyde
RoadsideBy road to Cleveland Dam1,30Zimbabwe1731C3 UR03226400
1668001 Mar 1986MA Hyde
RoadsideKamfinsa shopping centre, Arcturus Rd10Zimbabwe1731C3 UR01330600
614909 Apr 2006MA Hyde
Rocky grasslandNr Blatherwick Avenue gate, Mukuvisi Woodland1,20Zimbabwe1731C3 TR97825514900
19893422 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB1308
MA Hyde
MSM Sosef
BR

Roadside vergeBy main Harare to Bulawayo Rd, south of Kwekwe0Zimbabwe1829D4 QJ9589891230-18.98414029.8089307
71711017 May 2015BT Wursten
J Guyton
J Guyton
JAG_15_161B
M Stalmans
ML Manaka
Mixed Deciduous WoodlandTermite mound, Gorongosa National Park140Mozambique1834C4 0-18.97481034.3554807
71710017 May 2015BT Wursten
J Guyton
J Guyton
JAG_15_161A
M Stalmans
ML Manaka
Mixed Deciduous WoodlandTermite mound, Gorongosa National Park140Mozambique1834C4 0-18.97481034.3554807
66218020 Apr 2013BT Wursten
A Short
LP Oliveira
BT Wursten
BW459
M Stalmans
BR

TCT-Catapú

EOWBL

Open area with shallow gravelly soils on limestone Plateau above Nhagutua Gorge, Gorongosa National Park, Cheringoma 140Mozambique1834D2 218-18.64399034.8150017
5216004 Feb 2000MA Hyde
Disturbed groundBehind the Wimpey in Gweru0Zimbabwe1929B4 1420-19.45964029.8128407
20540031 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Disturbed areaNr upper dam, Hillside Dams, Bulawayo22,810Zimbabwe2028B1 PH69565914000
20020023 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
On roadsideMaleme Dam area19,1700Zimbabwe2028D1 PH57227213000
84900421 Jan 2014BT Wursten
P Ballings
BT Wursten
P Ballings
PB2024
MSM Sosef
BR

Roadside vegetationAlong Zvishavane road west of Masvingo0Zimbabwe2030B1 1112-20.04496030.7401107
20159025 Dec 2007MA Hyde
BT Wursten
Rocky ground in mopane-Terminalia-Commiphora woodlandNear Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River90Zimbabwe2129C3 QF268745580-21.92215029.1952906
80538012 Feb 2012AM Isaiah
T Komi
AM Isaiah
T Komi
s.n.
GAB

Botswana National Botanic Garden, Gaberone0Botswana2425D2 985Cited in Grasses in the Botswana National Botanic Garden, Isaiah, A.M. & Komi, T. (2015).-24.66726025.9449705

Total records found: 41



Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Caprivi: Species information: Records of: Chloris virgata.
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=105740, retrieved 5 December 2025

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