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Fertile floret compressed dorsally Chloris
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Lemmas truncate or rounded at the summit
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Lemma rounded at the summit. Glabrous tufted perennial up to 1 m high. Leaf blades flat, 2–3 mm wide. Spikes 3–6, each 5–8 cm long. Glumes 2–3 mm long, hyaline. Lemmas 3–4 mm long, pale brown or purplish; awns c. 4 mm long. Grasslands or forests on clay soils. Widespread. Fl. summer. Tall Chloris Chloris ventricosa