{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image=Swollen Fingergrass (Chloris barbata).jpg |image_caption=Habit |image2=Chloris barbata (3870899270).jpg |image2_caption=Inflorescence |genus=Chloris (plant) |species=barbata |authority=Sw. |synonyms_ref=<ref name="1168070-2" /> |synonyms= *''Andropogon barbatus'' {{small|L.}} *''Chloris inflata'' {{small|Link}} *''Chloris longifolia'' {{small|Steud.}} *''Chloris paraguaiensis'' {{small|Steud.}} *''Chloris rufescens'' {{small|Steud.}} }}
'''''Chloris barbata''''' (syn. ''Chloris inflata''), the '''swollen fingergrass''' or '''purpletop chloris''', is a widespread species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae.<ref name="FOI" >{{cite web |title=Swollen Finger Grass |url=https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Swollen%20Finger%20Grass.html |date=2022 |publisher=Flowers of India |access-date=1 May 2022 |quote=Common name: Swollen Finger Grass, airport grass, feather finger grass, fingergrass, pea-cock plumegrass, plush grass, purpletop chloris, swollen fingergrass, swollen windmill grass }}</ref> It is native to drier parts of the Old World tropics and sub-tropics, and it has been introduced to the southern US, most of Latin America and the Caribbean, many tropical islands, and Australia.<ref name="1168070-2" >{{cite POWO |id=1168070-2 |title=''Chloris barbata'' Sw. |access-date=1 May 2022 }}</ref> It is considered an invasive weed species and is host to a number of serious agricultural pest species.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/13113 |title=Datasheet ''Chloris barbata'' (purpletop chloris) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2022 |website=Invasive Species Compendium |publisher=CAB International |access-date=1 May 2022 }}</ref>
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barbata Category:Flora of Morocco Category:Flora of Algeria Category:Flora of West Tropical Africa Category:Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa Category:Flora of East Tropical Africa Category:Flora of the Western Indian Ocean Category:Flora of the Arabian Peninsula Category:Flora of Iran Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent Category:Flora of Indo-China Category:Flora of Southeast China Category:Flora of Taiwan Category:Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Category:Flora of Java Category:Flora of the Lesser Sunda Islands Category:Flora of the Philippines Category:Flora of New Guinea Category:Plants described in 1797
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