Poaceae
Black bristlegrass
Setaria nigrirostris
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Setaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Black bristlegrass, Black-seed bristle grass
Synonyms
- Chaetochloa nigrirostris (Nees) Skeels
- Panicum acromelaenum Hochst.
- Panicum nigrirostre Nees
- Setaria abyssinica var. annua Chiov.
- Setaria acromelaena (Hochst.) T.Durand & Schinz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, 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.