Poaceae
Large-spike bristlegrass
Setaria macrostachya
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Setaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 平原狗尾草
- English
- Large-spike bristlegrass
- Polish
- Włośnica wielkokłosowa
Synonyms
- Chaetochloa gibbosa Scribn. & Merr.
- Chaetochloa macrostachya (Kunth) Scribn. & Merr.
- Chamaeraphis macrostachya (Kunth) Stuck.
- Chamaeraphis setosa var. macrostachya (Kunth) Kuntze
- Panicum alopecuros Fisch. ex Spreng.
- Panicum macrostachyum (Kunth) Nees
- Panicum macrostachyum var. patens Döll
- Pennisetum alopecuros J.Jacq.
- Setaria caudata var. pauciflora M.E.Jones
- Setaria gibbosa (Scribn. & Merr.) K.Schum.
- Setaria inopinata Toolin
- Setaria italica var. macrostachya (Kunth) Mathieu
- Setaria polystachya Schrad.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.