The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Setaria megaphylla
Also called Big Leaf Bristle Grass, Ribbon Bristle Grass, Borad Leaved Setaria, Broadleaf Bristlegrass, Bush Buffalo Grass, Fine Sword Grass, Forest Buffalo Grass
Setaria megaphylla, the broad-leaved bristle grass, big-leaf bristle grass, ribbon bristle grass, or bigleaf bristlegrass, is native to south-eastern Africa. It is also cultivated, and it has naturalized outside its native range, for example, in Florida in the United States.
It may be found in glades in forested areas and along rivers or streams. It can grow to more than 2 metres tall and has broad dark green leaves and hairy leaf sheaths. Many kinds of birds, such as finches and canaries, eat the seeds.
Setaria brigalow · Watercrown grass · East Indian bristlegrass · Setaria basiclada · Setaria cernua · Diels Pigeon Grass · Spreading Panicgrass · Japanese bristlegrass · Sago Grass · Foxtail millet · Streambed bristlegrass · Palmgrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Setaria megaphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
