Common name: Poiret Bristle Grass, Pearl Millet, Mexican Palm Grass
Setaria poiretiana (Schult.) Kunth APNI* Description: Perennial caespitose erect herb c. 1 m high; stems 100–300 cm long, turgid, glabrous or hispid near nodes.
Leaves with sheath keeled, hispid; ligule 1.5–3 mm long, with margin ciliate; blade 25–70 cm long, 40–100 mm wide, elliptical, folded, hispid, with apex slightly extended.
Inflorescence an open, cylindrical-pyramidal panicle, 35–80 cm long, 2–9 cm wide; branches 2–8 cm long, verticilate, ascending, c. 10–15 mm long; florets 3–3.7 mm long; lower glumes 1.7–1.8 mm long, ovate, 3-nerved; upper glumes 2–2.4 mm long, 5–8-nerved; lower lemma 3–3.5 mm long, 5-nerved; lower palea present or absent; upper lemma 2.9–3.5 mm long, rugulose.
Flowering: Recorded as flowering in May.
Distribution and occurrence: Collected as naturalised from Caparra, near Wingham (North Coast); native to Central and South America.
NSW subdivisions: *NC
Text by B.J. Conn (2004)
Taxon concept: R.W. Pohl (1994)
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