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Each value Trefle shows for Chloris gayana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded15 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Kunth	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Révis. Gramin. 1: 89 (1829)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1829	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Abyssinian rhodes grass	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Macaronesia, Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	67 cm	67.4 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 331, 882	Differs from sources
Biological type	empty	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Flower color	empty	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	fine	fine · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Fruit shape	caryopsis	caryopsis · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Growth form	Multiple Stem	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Graminoid	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth rate	Moderate	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	170 cm	170 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 331, 882	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 130, 444, 445	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	15 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	29 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 331	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fodder, forage, shelter · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 341, 414	Not on the record
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	Medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Chloris gayana Kunth, 1829 35% complete

Abyssinian rhodes grass

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