Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.

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Setaria verticillata

Photo: Petra Ballings
Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River

Setaria verticillata

Photo: Petra Ballings
Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River

Setaria verticillata

Photo: Petra Ballings
Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River

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Synonyms: Panicum adhaerens Forssk.
Panicum verticillatum L.
Setaria adhaerens (Forssk.) Chiov.
Common names: Bur bristle grass (English) Klitsgras (Afrikaans)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Loosely tufted annual. Culms 50–100 cm. high or more, geniculately ascending. Panicle 2–15 cm. long, spiciform, linear to untidily lobed, often entangled, the rhachis hispidulous; bristles 3–8 mm. long, retrorsely barbed, tenaciously clinging. Spikelets 1.5–2.5 mm. long, elliptic. Superior glume as long as spikelet. Inferior floret sterile, the palea minute. Superior lemma finely rugose.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: verticillata: whorled
Habitat: Pathsides, old farmland and weedy places, with some preference for damp or shady sites
Altitude range: (metres) 850 - 1600 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Tropical and warm temperate regions generally
Zimbabwe distribution: N,W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species: Melanitis leda helena (Food plant)
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Images last updated: Monday 11 November 2013
Literature:

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 51.

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 33.

Clayton, W.D. (1989). Poaceae Flora Zambesiaca 10(3) Pages 95 - 96.

Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 513. (Includes a picture).

Jackson, G. & Wiehe, P.O. (1958). An Annotated Check List of Nyasaland Grasses The Government Printer, Zomba, Nyasaland Page 60.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 110.

Roodt, V. (2015). Grasses & Grazers of Botswana and the surrounding savanna Struik Nature, South Africa Pages 184 - 185. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 145.

Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 192.

Wild, H. (1955). Common Rhodesian Weeds Government of Rhodesia, Salisbury Page 4. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Botswana: Setaria verticillata
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Flora of Mozambique: Setaria verticillata
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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Setaria verticillata
African Plant Database: Setaria verticillata
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Setaria verticillata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Setaria verticillata
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Setaria verticillata
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iNaturalist: Setaria verticillata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Setaria verticillata
JSTOR Plant Science: Setaria verticillata
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Setaria verticillata
Plants of the World Online: Setaria verticillata
Tropicos: Setaria verticillata
Wikipedia: Setaria verticillata


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Setaria verticillata.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=107290, retrieved 28 March 2024

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