Species

Setaria parviflora

Etymology

parviflora: From the Latin parvus 'small, puny' and flores 'flowers', meaning small-flowered.

Authority

Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SETPAR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Year Naturalised

1965

Origin

Tropical and South Africa, Melesia, Polynesia

This page last updated on 28 May 2010