Chaetochloa setosa (Sw.) Scribn.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial, tufted; culms wiry, slender, 3-9 dm. high, somewhat flattened. Leaves 2 dm. long or less, pubescent or scabrous, 5-15 mm. wide; inflorescence more or less branched, the branches erect, or ascending, the lower sometimes 3 cm. long; bristles 1-3 at the base of all the spikelets or of some of them, 6-12 mm. long; spikelets ovoid, about 2 mm. long.
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Distribution
Sandy or rocky soil. Berry Islands, Water Cay, Acklin's Island, Eleuthera, Crooked Island, Inagua, Little Inagua and Anguilla Isles : Western Texas and New Mexico; tropical America. Referred by Hitchcock to Setaria caudata (Lam.) R. & S., and by Coker to Setaria macrostachya II.B.K. Bristly Fox-tail Grass.
Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Texas United States of America North America| New Mexico United States of America North America|