Setaria verticillata is a species of grass known by the common names hooked bristlegrass,[2] rough bristle-grass[3] and bristly foxtail. It is native to Europe, but it is known on most continents as an introduced species and often a noxious weed. It is a hardy bunchgrass which grows in many types of urban, cultivated, and disturbed habitat. It is a weed of many types of agricultural crops, growing in vineyards and fields. Herbicide-resistant strains have been noted.[4]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
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Plantae |
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Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Monocots |
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Commelinids |
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Poales |
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Poaceae |
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Panicoideae |
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Setaria |
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S. verticillata |
| Binomial name |
Setaria verticillata
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- Chaetochloa ambigua (Guss.) Scribn. & Merr.
- Chaetochloa verticillata (L.) Scribn.
- Chaetochloa verticillata var. breviseta (Mutel) Farw.
- Chamaeraphis italica var. ambigua (Guss.) Kuntze
- Chamaeraphis verticillata (L.) Porter
- Ixophorus verticillatus (L.) Nash
- Panicum ambiguum (Guss.) Hausskn. nom. illeg.
- Panicum asperum Lam.
- Panicum decipiens (F.W.Schultz) E.H.L.Krause nom. illeg.
- Panicum floribundum Willd. ex Spreng. nom. inval.
- Panicum italicum Ucria nom. illeg.
- Panicum rude Lam. ex Steud. nom. inval.
- Panicum verticillatum L.
- Panicum verticillatum var. ambiguum Guss.
- Panicum viride Desf. nom. illeg.
- Pennisetum verticillatum (L.) R.Br.
- Setaria adhaerens var. ambigua (Guss.) Belo-Corr.
- Setaria adhaerens var. antrorsa (A.Braun) H.Scholz
- Setaria adhaerens subsp. verticillata (L.) Belo-Corr.
- Setaria ambigua (Guss.) Guss. nom. illeg.
- Setaria aspera Link ex G.Don
- Setaria carnei Hitchc.
- Setaria conglomerata Fr. ex Schltdl.
- Setaria decipiens F.W.Schultz
- Setaria decipiens Schimp. ex Morariu nom. illeg.
- Setaria decipiens f. latifolia (Freyn) Soó
- Setaria decipiens f. major (Bujor.) Soó
- Setaria decipiens subf. ramiflora (Bujor.) Soó
- Setaria decipiens var. schulteissii (Zimm.) Morariu
- Setaria decipiens f. schultheissii (Zimm.) Soó
- Setaria floribunda Spreng.
- Setaria gussonei Kerguélen
- Setaria leiantha f. subhirsuta Hack.
- Setaria nubica Link
- Setaria panicea (L.) Schinz & Thell.
- Setaria pratensis Phil.
- Setaria pseudoverticillata Schltdl. nom. inval.
- Setaria teysmannii Miq.
- Setaria verticilliformis Dumort.
- Setaria verticillata subsp. ambigua (Guss.) Arcang.
- Setaria verticillata var. ambigua (Guss.) Parl.
- Setaria verticillata f. ambigua (Guss.) B.Boivin
- Setaria verticillata f. arenosa (Schur) Morariu
- Setariopsis verticillata (L.) Samp.
- Setaria viridis subsp. ambigua (Guss.) K.Richt.
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This is an annual grass with decumbent or erect stems growing up to a meter long. The leaf blades are up to 25 centimeters long and have a long sheath around the stem. The inflorescence is a dense panicle up to 15 centimeters long which tapers at both ends. It contains many small spikelets and bristles. The bristles have tiny backwards-pointing barbs that help them hook onto clothing or animal fur, facilitating their dispersal.[4]
Seeds of the grass are used to make beer in South Africa and porridge in Namibia.[4] They have been used as a famine food in India.[5]
