Index / Search / Chloris verticillata
§1 Plant
Chloris verticillata Nutt.
vernacular tumble windmill grass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Chloris
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 407 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 407 counties across 26 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
California view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 105 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barton 29011
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Cedar 29039
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Pettis 29159
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ray 29177
- Scott 29201
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
Nebraska view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Nemaha 31127
- Nuckolls 31129
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Thayer 31169
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Cotton 40033
- Custer 40039
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Johnston 40069
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Lincoln 40081
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Nowata 40105
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Rogers 40131
- Sequoyah 40135
- Texas 40139
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 101 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Archer 48009
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Clay 48077
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Dawson 48115
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Donley 48129
- Eastland 48133
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Floyd 48153
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hale 48189
- Hall 48191
- Hamilton 48193
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hockley 48219
- Howard 48227
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jack 48237
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Wells 48249
- Jones 48253
- Kerr 48265
- King 48269
- Kleberg 48273
- Lamar 48277
- Lamb 48279
- Lampasas 48281
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Mason 48319
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Midland 48329
- Milam 48331
- Mills 48333
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Runnels 48399
- San Saba 48411
- Scurry 48415
- Sherman 48421
- Sterling 48431
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Ward 48475
- Washington 48477
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Wilbarger 48487
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
- Young 48503
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CHVE2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5289621 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T20:46:58Z