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Setaria

bristle grass

Other common names
bottle grass

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Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Setaria

Genus description

Setaria can be annual or perennial grasses, with linear to elliptic leaves and small flowers in a panicle, the spikelets with a tuft of conspicuous bristles

Name status

Correct

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