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foxtails and bristlegrasses
Setaria
Setaria is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

yellow foxtail
speciesSetaria pumila

Green Bristle Grass
speciesSetaria viridis

knotroot bristlegrass
speciesSetaria parviflora

giant foxtail
speciesSetaria faberi

Palmgrass
speciesSetaria palmifolia

hooked bristle grass
speciesSetaria verticillata

Southwestern Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria scheelei

Broadleaf Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria megaphylla

African bristlegrass
speciesSetaria sphacelata

plains bristlegrass
speciesSetaria leucopila

Foxtail Bristle-grass
speciesSetaria italica

bur bristle grass
speciesSetaria adhaerens

Giant Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria magna

Spreading Panic-grass
speciesSetaria distans

Liebmann's Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria liebmannii

Reverchon's Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria reverchonii

Egyptian Panicgrass
speciesSetaria geminata

Grisebach's bristlegrass
speciesSetaria grisebachii

Large-spike Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria macrostachya

Coral Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria macrosperma

East Indian Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria barbata

Setaria surgens
speciesSetaria surgens

Yellow Watercrown Grass
speciesSetaria flavida

Mountain Bristle Grass
speciesSetaria lindenbergiana

Setaria jubiflora
speciesSetaria jubiflora

Setaria plicata
speciesSetaria plicata

Setaria sulcata
speciesSetaria sulcata

knottybutt grass
speciesSetaria constricta

Coastal Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria corrugata

Setaria pallide-fusca
speciesSetaria pallide-fusca

Arizona Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria arizonica

Setaria tenax
speciesSetaria tenax

Setaria gausa
speciesSetaria gausa

Vlei bristle grass
speciesSetaria incrassata

Graceful Panic Grass
speciesSetaria brownii

Setaria palmeri
speciesSetaria palmeri

Setaria sagittifolia
speciesSetaria sagittifolia

Setaria chondrachne
speciesSetaria chondrachne

Setaria lachnea
speciesSetaria lachnea

Plains Bristlegrass
speciesSetaria vulpiseta

Setaria globoidea
speciesSetaria globoidea

Setaria setosa
speciesSetaria setosa

Large Seed Setaria
speciesSetaria nigrirostris

Setaria vatkeana
speciesSetaria vatkeana

Setaria albovillosa
speciesSetaria albovillosa

Setaria apiculata
speciesSetaria apiculata

Setaria rara
speciesSetaria rara

Setaria madecassa
speciesSetaria madecassa

Setaria grandispiculata
speciesSetaria grandispiculata

Texas Bristle Grass
speciesSetaria texana

Setaria poiretiana
speciesSetaria poiretiana

Fan-Leaved Bristle Grass
speciesSetaria homonyma

Knot Root Bristle Grass
speciesSetaria vaginata

Setaria criniformis
speciesSetaria criniformis

Setaria clementii
speciesSetaria clementii

Setaria intermedia
speciesSetaria intermedia

Setaria brigalow
speciesSetaria brigalow

Diels Pigeon grass
speciesSetaria dielsii

Folded-Leaf Tussock Grass
speciesSetaria plicatilis

Setaria punctata
speciesSetaria punctata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50055.
