Hebrew:עשבת המרעה, Arabic: حشيشة الرودس
| Scientific name: | Chloris gayana Kunth | |
| Synonym name: | Chloris abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. | |
| Common name: | Rhodes Grass | |
| Hebrew name: | עשבת המרעה | |
| Arabic name: | حشيشة الرودس | |
| Family: | Graminea (Poaceae), Grass Family, משפחת הדגניים |
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| Life form: | Perennial, chamaephyte, geophyte, generally from stolons | |
| Stems: | upright flowering stems, height of between 30‐150cm, 2-4mm thick | |
| Leaves: | Rosette, alternate, sheath that partially encloses the stem and a spreading glabrous blade; leaf blade linear, 8-50 cm long and 2-10 mm wide and narrow gradually to a point at the tip, smooth margin | |
| Inflorescence: | seed-heads, umbel-like, 6-17 branches, radiate outwards from the same point, flower spikes 8–15 cm | |
| Flowers: | Hermaphrodite only, Green, spikelets (over 32) are densely imbricated and have two awns | |
| Fruits / pods: | Caryopsis, longitudinally grooved, egg-shaped, about 1.5mm long | |
| Flowering Period: | April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December | |
| Habitat: | Disturbed areas | |
| Distribution: | Semi-steppe shrublands, Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Shrub-steppes | |
| Chorotype: | Tropical and southern Africa | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Chloris, after the Greek goddess of flowers, Chloris, daughter of Amphion; Flora was the equivalent Roman goddess; Latin chloris, chloridis 'verdant', Greek chloros 'green'. gayana, in honor of Jaques Étienne Gay (1786 – 1864), a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. abyssinica, Abyssinian, native to Ethiopia. ,
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