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Slender Chloris
Chloris divaricata
Chloris divaricata, the slender chloris, is a perennial grass species native to Australia. A member of the family Poaceae and order Poales, it typically grows in dense tussocks and produces a distinctive flowering head of several slender spikes arranged in a spreading, star-like or windmill-shaped pattern. The species is widely distributed mostly throughout inland and coastal New South Wales and Queensland, recognised for its resilience and value in soil stabilisation and land rehabilitation. Other names include...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 160524.