Feather Finger Grass

Chloris virgata

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Supports grazers/browsers Useful Sun Semi-shade Annual Perennial
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Supports birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Near water Sun Grass Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) source
• (c) abelkinser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by Riana Fourie source
• (c) Zinogre, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Zinogre source
• (c) CK2AZ, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by CK2AZ source
• (c) Alex Abair, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alex Abair source