Poaceae
Setaria plicata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Setaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 皱叶狗尾草, 皺葉狗尾草, 风打草, 光花狗尾草
Synonyms
- Chamaeraphis excurrens (Trin.) Kuntze
- Chamaeraphis plicata (Lam.) Kuntze
- Panicum asperatum Kunth
- Panicum excurrens Trin.
- Panicum neurodes var. blepharoneuron A.Braun
- Panicum paucisetum Steud.
- Panicum plicatum Lam.
- Panicum plicatum var. foliis-variegatis Rothsch.
- Paspalum nepalense Spreng. ex Steud.
- Setaria excurrens (Trin.) Miq.
- Setaria excurrens var. leviflora Keng f. ex S.L.Chen
- Setaria excurrens var. pauciseta (Steud.) Ohwi
- Setaria excurrens var. paucisetum (Steud.) Ohwi
- Setaria palmifolia var. blepharoneuron (A.Braun) Veldkamp
- Setaria plicata var. leviflora (Keng f. ex S.L.Chen) S.L.Chen & S.M.Phillips
- Setaria plicata var. plicata
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.