Species

Setaria gracilis

Etymology

gracilis: slender

Common Name(s)

knot-root bristle grass

Authority

Setaria gracilis Kunth

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SETGRA

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

Synonyms

Setaria geniculata

Flower Colours

Green

Year Naturalised

1896

Origin

N. America

This page last updated on 26 Jun 2018