Setaria verticillata
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| Internal ID | UUID644032a7ad925219426481 |
| Scientific name | Setaria verticillata |
| Authority | (L.) P.Beauv. |
| First published in | Ess. Agrostogr. : 51 (1812) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Fresh herbage and dried hay (forage) harvested from Setaria verticillata for feeding ruminants and other livestock.
Food and beverages (non‑medicinal):
- Forage and hay are the primary non‑medicinal products; they constitute a significant component of livestock diets in regions where the grass occurs naturally or is cultivated.
Industrial and craft applications:
- Lignocellulosic biomass: the aerial parts of the plant are evaluated as a feedstock for bioenergy (e.g., conversion to fermentable sugars for ethanol) and for pulping, thanks to a high cellulose content relative to lignin.
Properties relevant to use:
- Cellulose constitutes approximately 45 % of dry‑matter weight, while lignin is about 22 % (values reported in proximate analyses of harvested material).
- Crude protein levels typically range from 10 % to 12 % of dry matter, providing moderate nutritional value for animal feed.
- Annual dry‑matter yields can reach 10 t ha⁻¹ under favourable growth conditions, supporting bulk biomass supply.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- Setaria verticillata is an annual, widely distributed weed that readily self‑seeds and colonises disturbed soils. It can be harvested from existing stands or cultivated on marginal land with low input requirements, offering a renewable, locally available resource for forage and biomass applications.
(Blank sections omitted because no documented uses exist.)
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Chaetochloa ambigua | Scribn. | Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 18 (1900) |
| Chaetochloa brevispica | Scribn. | Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 21: 15 (1900) |
| Chaetochloa verticillata | Scribn. | Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 39 (1897) |
| Chaetochloa verticillata var. breviseta | Farw. | Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 1: 86 (1923) |
| Chamaeraphis italica var. ambigua | (Guss.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768 (1891) |
| Chamaeraphis italica var. aparine | (Steud.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768. 1891 |
| Chamaeraphis italica var. densa | Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768. 1891 |
| Chamaeraphis italica var. rottleri | (Spreng.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768. 1891 |
| Chamaeraphis italica var. verticillata | (L.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768. 1891 |
| Chamaeraphis verticillata | (L.) Porter | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 196 (1893) |
| Ixophorus verticillatus | (L.) Nash | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 422 (1895) |
| Panicum acuminatissimum | Nees ex Döll | Fl. Bras. 2(1): 194 (1877) |
| Panicum adhaerens | Forssk. | Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 20 (1775) |
| Panicum ambiguum | Hausskn. | Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 345 (1875) |
| Panicum aparine | Steud. | Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 52 (1853) |
| Panicum asperum | Lam. | Fl. Franç. 3: 577 (1779) |
| Panicum decipiens | E.H.L.Krause | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 29(2): 140 (1912) |
| Panicum floribundum | Willd. ex Spreng. | Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 306. 1824 [dated 1825; publ. in late 1824] |
| Panicum italicum | Ucria | Hort. Panhorm. : 54 (1789) |
| Panicum respiciens | Hochst. ex Steud. | Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(1): 52. 1853 [1855 publ. 10-12 Dec 1853] |
| Panicum rottleri | Nees | Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. : 53 (1841) |
| Panicum rude | Lam. ex Steud. | Nomencl. Bot. : 589, 772 (1821) |
| Panicum semitectum | Swallen | Sellowia no. 18: 112. 1966 |
| Panicum vagum | Scop. | Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 51 (1771) |
| Panicum verticillatum | L. | Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 82 (1762) |
| Panicum verticillatum subsp. aparine | (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz | Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 775 1894 |
| Panicum verticillatum var. ambiguum | Guss. | Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 80 (1827) |
| Panicum verticillatum var. antrorsum | A.Braun | Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1871(App.): 7. 1872 |
| Panicum verticillatum var. aparine | (Steud.) Asch. & Schweinf. | Mém. Inst. Égypt. 2: 161. 1887 |
| Panicum verticillatum var. brevisetum | Godr. | Fl. Franç. 4: 19 1837 |
| Panicum verticillatum var. parviflorum | Döll | Fl. Bras. 2(2): 172 (1877) |
| Panicum verticillatum var. retrorsum | Asch. & Schweinf. | Ill. Fl. Égypte 161. 1887 |
| Panicum viride | Desf. | Fl. Atlant. 1: 58 (1798) |
| Pennisetum respiciens | A.Rich. | Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 379 (1850) |
| Pennisetum verticillatum | R.Br. | Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 195 (1810) |
| Setaria adhaerens subsp. verticillata | (L.) Belo-Corr. | Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2.A, 62: 289 (1989) |
| Setaria adhaerens var. ambigua | (Guss.) Belo-Corr. | Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2.A, 62: 290 (1989) |
| Setaria adhaerens var. antrorsa | (A.Braun) H.Scholz | Willdenowia 7: 420 (1974) |
| Setaria adhaerens var. font-queri | Calduch | Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 7: 160 1968 |
| Setaria adhaerens var. verticillata | (L.) Belo-Corr. | Revista Biol. (Lisbon) 62: 289 1990 |
| Setaria ambigua | Guss. | Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 114 (1843) |
| Setaria ambigua f. major | Bujor. | Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 22: 81 1942 |
| Setaria ambigua f. ramiflora | Bujor. | Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 22: 81 1942 |
| Setaria ambigua var. latifolia | Freyn | Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 27: 458. 1877 |
| Setaria aparine | Chiov. | Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. , n.s., 19: 419 (1912) |
| Setaria brevispica | K.Schum. | Just's Bot. Jahresber. 28(1): 417 (1902) |
| Setaria carnei | Hitchc. | Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 52: 185 (1927) |
| Setaria conglomerata | Fries ex Schltdl. | Linnaea 31: 491 (1862) |
| Setaria decipiens | F.W.Schultz | Phytost. Pfalz 171. 1863 (1863) |
| Setaria decipiens | Schimp. ex Morariu | Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 77. 1972 (1972) |
| Setaria decipiens f. latifolia | (Freyn) Soó | Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 124 (1971 publ. 1972) |
| Setaria decipiens f. major | (Bujorean) Soó | Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 124 (1971 publ. 1972) |
| Setaria decipiens f. schultheissii | (A.Schwarz) Soó | Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 124 (1971 publ. 1972) |
| Setaria decipiens var. schulteissii | (A.Schwarz) Morariu | Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 78 (1972) |
| Setaria depauperata | Phil. | Anales Univ. Chile 93: 715 (1896) |
| Setaria floribunda | Spreng. | Syst. Veg. 1: 305 (1824) |
| Setaria gussonei | Kerguélen | Lejeunia , n.s., 75: 305 (1975) |
| Setaria italica var. aparine | (Steud.) Kuntze | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 768. 1891 |
| Setaria leiantha f. subhirsuta | Hack. | Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 13: 443 (1906) |
| Setaria nubica | Link | Hort. Berol. 1: 220 (1827) |
| Setaria panicea subsp. ambigua | (Guss.) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. ed. 2, 2(1): 134. 1920 (1920) |
| Setaria pratensis | Phil. | Anales Univ. Chile 93: 715 (1895) |
| Setaria pseudoverticillata | Hort.Vindob. ex Schltdl. | Linnaea 31: 491 (1862) |
| Setaria respiciens | Walp. | Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 721 (1852) |
| Setaria rottleri | Spreng. | Syst. Veg. 1: 304 (1824) |
| Setaria teysmannii | Miq. | Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 468 (1857) |
| Setaria verticillata f. ambigua | (Guss.) B.Boivin | Naturaliste Canad. 94: 527 (1967) |
| Setaria verticillata f. arenosa | (Schur) Morariu | Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 77 (1972) |
| Setaria verticillata subsp. aparine | (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz | Consp. Fl. Afric. 5: 775. 1894 (1894) |
| Setaria verticillata var. aparine | (Steud.) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 75. 1898 |
| Setaria verticillata var. arenosa | Schur | Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 723 1866 |
| Setaria verticillata var. font-queri | (Calduch) O.Bolòs & Vigo | Fl. Països Catalans 4: 588 (2001) |
| Setaria verticillata var. pilifera | B.de Lesd. | Publ. Soc. Dunkerque 1934: 16. |
| Setaria verticillata var. respiciens | (A.Rich.) A.Braun | Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1871(App.): 7. |
| Setaria verticilliformis | Dumort. | Fl. Belg. : 150 (1827) |
| Setaria viridis subsp. ambigua | (Guss.) K.Richt. | Pl. Eur. 1: 28. 1890 (1890) |
| Setaria viridis var. ambigua | (Guss.) Coss. & Durieu | Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 36 (1855) |
| Setaria viridis var. insularis | N.Terracc. | Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 93 1894 |
| Setariopsis verticillata | (L.) Samp. | Herb. Port. , Apend 2: 4 (1914) |
| Setaria verticillata var. respiciens | (Walp.) K.Schum. | Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas 5C: 105 1895 |
| Panicum adhaerens f. antrorsum | A.Braun | |
| Setaria ambigua var. major | Bujor. | |
| Panicum verticillatum var. arenosum | (Schur) Asch. & Graebn. | Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 75 1899 |
| Setaria verticillata subsp. adhaerens | (Forssk.) Jauzein | Fl. Champs Cult. : 863 (1995) |
| Setaria verticillata var. ambigua | (Guss.) Parl. | Fl. Palerm. 1: 36 (1845) |
| Setaria verticillata var. aparine | (Steud.) Asch. & Schweinf. | Ill. Fl. Égypte 161 1889 |
| Setaria verticillata var. latifolia | Freyn | Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 1877: 457 (1877) |
| Setaria decipiens subf. ramiflora | (Bujor.) Soó | Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 124 (1971 publ. 1972) |
| Panicum verticillatum var. seticuliferum | Pauquy | Statist. Bot. Somme : 434 (1831) |
| Panicum verticillatum var. vulgare | Döll | Fl. Bras. 2(2): 172 (1877) |
| Panicum verticillatum var. maior | Thunb. | Fl. Jap. : 46 (1784) |
| Setaria glauca var. ambigua | (Guss.) Bouvier | Fl. Alpes Suisse Savoie : 723 (1878) |
| Setaria verticillata var. congesta | F.Gérard | Bull. Soc. Franç. Échange Pl. Vasc. 1: 19, 29 (1911 publ. 1912) |
| Setaria verticillata var. pubescens | Maire & Weiller | Fl. Afrique N. 1: 322 (1952) |
| Setaria verticillata var. breviseta | Godr. | Fl. Lorraine 3: 125 (1844) |
| Setaria verticillata var. longiseta | Ducommun | Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. : 839 (1869) |
| Setaria verticillata var. ramosa | N.H.F.Desp. | Fl. Sarthe Mayenne : 306 (1838) |
| Setaria decipiens subf. tosea | Soó | Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 124 (1971 publ. 1972) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | rough bristlegrass |
| English | bristly foxtail , bur bristle grass, bur grass, foxtail, hooked bristlegrass |
| English | hooked bristlegrass |
| English | bristly foxtail |
| Spanish | panicum verticillatum |
| Arabic | شبيط |
| Belarusian | Мяшэй кальчаковы |
| Catalan | sétaire verticillée |
| Czech | bér přeslenitý |
| Welsh | cibogwellt troellog |
| German | sétaire verticillée |
| German | quirlige borstenhirse |
| German | kletten-borstenhirse |
| Estonian | võõr-kukeleib |
| Persian | ارزنی چرخهای |
| Finnish | kiehkurapantaheinä |
| Finnish | katkopantaheinä |
| French | sétaire verticillée |
| Hausa | dangere |
| Upper Sorbian | seršćojty włosanc |
| Japanese | ザラツキエノコログサ |
| Lithuanian | sétaire verticillée |
| Dutch | kransnaaldaar |
| Slovenian | vretenčasti muhvič |
| Swedish | sétaire verticillée |
| Swahili | malamata |
| Ukrainian | Мишій кільчастий |
| Chinese | 莠狗尾草 |
| Chinese | 倒刺狗尾草 |
Varieties (abbr. var.) Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Name | Authority | First published in |
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| Setaria verticillata var. colorata | (A.Braun ex Asch. & Graebn.) Podp. | Kvetena Moravy (Prace Marav. Prir. Spolc.) 6: 480 1926 |
| Setaria verticillata var. robusta | (A.Braun) Hegi | Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1: 192 1906 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000899661 |
| Tropicos | 25512515 |
| INPN | 151646 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1025347-2 |
| The Plant List | kew-442778 |
| Observations.org | 197167 |
| NBN Atlas | NBNSYS0000004872 |
| Nature Serve | 2.149861 |
| IPNI | 235295-2 |
| USDA GRIN | 103551 |
| Florida Plant Atlas | 1906 |
| Canadensys | 7952 |
| USDA Plants | SEVE3 |
| Tropicos | 25509966 |
| INPN | 123154 |
| Flora of Italy | 7802 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421857-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-442773 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 388389 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 149379 |
| NBN Atlas | NHMSYS0000463482 |
| Nature Serve | 2.132160 |
| IPNI | 421857-1 |
| iNaturalist | 79069 |
| GBIF | 5289686 |
| Freebase | /m/0cnysqw |
| WisFlora | 5034 |
| EPPO | SETVE |
| EOL | 1114661 |
| Elurikkus | 7255 |
| Calflora (Californian flora) | 7539 |
| USDA GRIN | 33852 |
| Wikipedia | Setaria_verticillata |
| Plantarium | 35552 |
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