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Setaria tenacissima

Botanic Family

Poaceae

Author

Schrader

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Panama
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Slender annual grass with erect, leaning or clambering culms to 2m, scabrous leaves to 200mm x 8mm. Hairy panicles to 150mm x 10mm, black spikelets 1.5mm long often purple, rugose fertile lemma

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Manual of the Grasses of the West Indies
• FOPE