Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguelen

Synonyms

Cenchrus parviflorus Poir.
Panicum geniculatum Lam.
Setaria geniculata (Lam.) P. Beauv.
Setaria geniculata (Lam.) P. Beauv. var. geniculata
Setaria geniculata (Lam.) P. Beauv. var. pauciseta Desv.
Setaria gracilis Kunth
Setaria gracilis Kunth var. gracilis
Setaria gracilis Kunth var. pauciseta (Desv.) B. Simon

Family

Gramineae (South Australia)
Poaceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)

Common Names

bent pigeon-grass, knotroot bristle grass, knotroot foxtail, marsh bristlegrass, pigeon grass, perennial foxtail, slender pigeon grass, slender pigeon-grass, slender pigeongrass, small-flowered pigeon grass, yellow bristle grass, yellow foxtail

Origin

Native to North America (i.e. the USA and Mexico), Central America (i.e. Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), the Caribbean and South America (i.e. French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay).

Naturalised Distribution

Widely naturalised in southern and eastern Australia (i.e. in south-eastern Queensland, eastern and southern New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and south-western Western Australia). It is also naturalised on Lord Howe Island.

Notes

Slender pigeon grass (Setaria parviflora) is sometimes regarded as an environmental weed in New South Wales and Victoria.