Setaria dielsii

Setaria dielsii, commonly known as Diels' pigeon grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to Australia.

Setaria dielsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Setaria
Species:	S. dielsii
Binomial name
Setaria dielsii R.A.W.Herrm.
Synonyms[1]
Setaria buchananii Hitchc.

Description

It is an annual grass that grows in tufts from 20 to 130 centimetres high. It has green flowers that occur in an open panicle.^[2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was first published by Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann in 1910.^[4] Its only synonym is Setaria buchananii, published by Albert Spear Hitchcock in 1927.^[5]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs in Western Australia^[2] and the Northern Territory.^[6]