EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: CHRVI
• Preferred name: Chloris virgata
• Authority: Swartz

USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except most of Brazil). Also present in a wide range of areas of suitable climate: southern Mediterranean, Caucasus, Russian Far East, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan), Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar, Vietnam), Malesia (Java), China (including Tibet), Japan, Korea, Africa (except some western parts), Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (except Tasmania). Opinions differ whether  C. virgata is native or introduced in the various parts of its  extended range 

WSSA list of weeds in North America