Poaceae
Vlei bristle grass
Setaria incrassata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Setaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Vlei bristle grass
Synonyms
- Panicum incrassatum Hochst.
- Setaria abyssinica Hack.
- Setaria abyssinica var. breviseta Chiov.
- Setaria abyssinica var. longiseta Chiov.
- Setaria albida Stapf
- Setaria avettae Pirotta
- Setaria bequaertii Robyns
- Setaria breviseta Peter
- Setaria ciliolata Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Setaria eylesii Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Setaria gerrardii Stapf
- Setaria gerrardii var. purpurea Stapf
- Setaria holstii R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria interrupta Peter
- Setaria kersteniana Peter
- Setaria lacunosa Peter
- Setaria lindiensis Pilg.
- Setaria longissima Chiov.
- Setaria lynesii Stapf & C.E.Hubb.
- Setaria merkeri R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria modesta Stapf
- Setaria mombassana R.A.W.Herrm.
- Setaria nigrirostris var. pallida de Wit
- Setaria pabularis Stapf
- Setaria palustris Stapf
- Setaria perberbis Stapf ex de Wit
- Setaria phanerococca Stapf
- Setaria phleoides Stapf
- Setaria phragmitoides Stapf
- Setaria plurinervis Stapf
- Setaria polyphylla Stapf
- Setaria porphyrantha Stapf
- Setaria ramulosa Peter
- Setaria rudifolia Stapf
- Setaria setulosa Stapf
- Setaria woodii Hack.
- Setaria woodii subsp. bechuanica de Wit
- Setaria woodii var. fonssalutis de Wit
- Setaria woodii var. woodii
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.