Setaria vulpiseta

Setaria vulpiseta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Setaria
Species:	S. vulpiseta
Binomial name
Setaria vulpiseta (Lam.) Roem. & Schult.
Synonyms1
Chaetochloa amplifolia (Steud.) Scribn. Chaetochloa composita (Kunth) Scribn. Chaetochloa trichorhachis (Hack.) Hitchc. Chaetochloa vulpiseta (Lam.) Hitchc. & Chase Chamaeraphis composita (Kunth) Kuntze Panicum amplifolium Steud. Panicum compositum (Kunth) Nees nom. illeg. Panicum macrourum Trin. Panicum subsphaerocarpum Schltdl. Panicum vulpisetum Lam. Setaria alopecurus Fisch. ex Trin. nom. inval. Setaria composita Kunth Setaria lancifolia R.A.W.Herrm. Setaria macrostachya Hochst. ex Steud. nom. inval. Setaria reversipila R.A.W.Herrm. Setaria trichorhachis (Hack.) R.C.Foster

Setaria vulpiseta is a species of grass known by the common name plains bristlegrass.² It is native to North America, where it occurs in Texas to Colorado to Arizona in the United States and northern and central Mexico.³

This perennial grass grows up to 3³ to 4 feet tall.⁴ It is yellow in color when mature. The hairy leaves are up to 10 inches long and have a ligule of hairs. The inflorescence is up to 5 inches long and is very narrow.⁴

This grass is a common forage in the American southwest. It is good grazing for livestock. The seed provides food for wildlife.³ Its natural habitat is dry rangeland as well as low plains that receive flooding.⁴