Poaceae
Caribbean bristlegrass
Setaria utowanaea
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Setaria
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Setaria utowanaeaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Caribbean bristlegrass
Synonyms
- Panicum sintenisii Nash
- Paspalidium ophiticola (Hitchc. & Ekman) Davidse & R.W.Pohl
- Paspalidium subtransiens (Hitchc. & Ekman) Davidse & R.W.Pohl
- Paspalidium utowanaeum (Scribn.) Davidse & R.W.Pohl
- Setaria subtransiens Hitchc. & Ekman
- Setaria utowanaea var. ophiticola (Hitchc. & Ekman) W.E.Fox
- Setaria utowanaea var. subtransiens (Hitchc. & Ekman) W.E.Fox
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.