Chaetochloa setosa (Sw.) Scribn.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Chaetochloa setosa (Sw.) Scribn.

  • 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.

  • 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|