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Coastal bristlegrass

Setaria corrugata (Elliott) Schult.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Setaria

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Coastal bristlegrass (Setaria corrugata)
Photo: Valerie Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English
Coastal bristlegrass

Synonyms

  • Chaetochloa corrugata (Elliott) Scribn.
  • Chaetochloa hispida Scribn. & Merr.
  • Chamaeraphis corrugata (Elliott) Kuntze
  • Panicum corrugatum Elliott
  • Pennisetum corrugatum (Elliott) Nutt.
  • Setaria glauca var. corrugata (Elliott) Schrad.
  • Setaria hispida (Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.