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Palmgrass

Setaria palmifolia (J.Koenig) Stapf

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Setaria

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Common names

By language (6)
Cantonese
棕葉狗尾草
Chinese
粽叶狗尾草, 颱風草, 棕叶狗尾草, 棕叶草, 棕葉狗尾草, 稷叶草, 稷茅, 竹头草
English
Palmgrass, Bigleaf bristlegrass, Palm grass
Japanese
ササキビ
nan
Hong-thai-chháu, Hong-thai-tsháu, 風颱草
pwn
Saluda

Synonyms

  • Agrostis plicata Lour.
  • Chaetochloa effusa (E.Fourn.) Hitchc.
  • Chaetochloa palmifolia (J.Koenig) Hitchc. & Chase
  • Chaetochloa sulcata (Aubl.) Hitchc.
  • Chamaeraphis effusa (E.Fourn.) Kuntze
  • Chamaeraphis nepalensis (Spreng.) Kuntze
  • Chamaeraphis neurodes (Schult.) Kuntze
  • Chamaeraphis palmifolia (J.Koenig) Kuntze
  • Chamaeraphis paniculifera (Steud.) Kuntze
  • Chamaeraphis sulcata (Aubl.) Kuntze
  • Panicum amplissimum Steud.
  • Panicum kleinianum Nees ex Andersson
  • Panicum lene Steud.
  • Panicum mexicanum Scribn. & Merr.
  • Panicum nepalense Spreng.
  • Panicum nervosum Roxb.
  • Panicum neurodes Schult.
  • Panicum neurodes var. amplissimum (Steud.) Walp.
  • Panicum neurodes var. conjungens A.Braun
  • Panicum neurodes var. kleinianum A.Braun
  • Panicum neurodes var. lene (Steud.) Walp.
  • Panicum neurodes var. roxburghianum A.Braun
  • Panicum neurodes var. thwaitesii A.Braun
  • Panicum palmatum R.Schleich.
  • Panicum palmifolia J.Koenig
  • Panicum palmifolium J.Koenig
  • Panicum paniculiferum Steud.
  • Panicum plicatum Willd.
  • Panicum plicatum Roxb.
  • Panicum plicatum var. haitiense Griseb.
  • Panicum sulcatum Aubl.
  • Setaria effusa E.Fourn.
  • Setaria lenis (Steud.) Miq.
  • Setaria palmifolia var. palmifolia
  • Setaria paniculifera E.Fourn.
  • Setaria paniculifera (Steud.) E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
  • Setaria sulcata (Aubl.) Desv.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

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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.