| Setaria parviflora
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Scientific classification  
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Monocots
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| Clade:
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Commelinids
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| Order:
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Poales
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| Family:
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Poaceae
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| Subfamily:
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Panicoideae
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| Genus:
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Setaria
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| Species:
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S. parviflora 
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| Binomial name
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Setaria parviflora 
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| Synonyms[1]
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- Alopecurus rubicundus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. nom. inval.
 
- Cenchrus parviflorus Poir.
 
- Chaetochloa flava (Nees) Scribn.
 
- Chaetochloa geniculata (Poir.) Millsp. & Chase
 
- Chaetochloa gracilis (Kunth) Scribn. & Merr.
 
- Chaetochloa imberbis (Poir.) Scribn.
 
- Chaetochloa laevigata (Nutt.) Scribn. nom. inval.
 
- Chaetochloa occidentalis Nash
 
- Chaetochloa parviflora (Poir.) Scribn.
 
- Chaetochloa penicillata (J.Presl) Scribn.
 
- Chaetochloa perennis (Hall) C.Bicknell
 
- Chaetochloa purpurascens (Kunth) Scribn. & Merr.
 
- Chaetochloa ventenatii (Kunth) Nash nom. illeg.
 
- Chaetochloa versicolor C.Bicknell
 
- Chamaeraphis gracilis (Kunth) Kuntze ex Stuck. nom. illeg.
 
- Chamaeraphis imberbis (Poir.) Kuntze ex Stuck.
 
- Chamaeraphis penicillata (J.Presl) Stuck.
 
- Chamaeraphis ventenatii (Kunth) Beal nom. illeg.
 
- Echinochloa geniculata (Poir.) Millsp.
 
- Panicum adscendens Hoffm. ex Schult. & Schult.f. nom. inval.
 
- Panicum alopecuroideum Schreb. ex Steud.
 
- Panicum ascendens Willd. ex Spreng. nom. inval.
 
- Panicum beccabunga Rendle
 
- Panicum berteronianum (Schult.) Steud.
 
- Panicum brachytrichum Steud. nom. inval.
 
- Panicum brasiliense Spreng.
 
- Panicum congestum Döll nom. inval.
 
- Panicum dasyurum Nees
 
- Panicum flavum Nees
 
- Panicum fuscescens Willd. ex Steud. nom. inval.
 
- Panicum geniculatum Poir.
 
- Panicum geniculatum Willd. nom. illeg.
 
- Panicum glaberrimum Elliott ex Scribn. & Merr. nom. inval.
 
- Panicum glaucescens Salzm. ex Döll nom. inval.
 
- Panicum glaucum Steud. ex Döll nom. inval.
 
- Panicum gobariense Vanderyst nom. inval.
 
- Panicum imberbe Poir.
 
- Panicum laevigatum Elliott nom. illeg.
 
- Panicum medium Muhl. ex Elliott nom. inval.
 
- Panicum occidentale (Nash) Nieuwl. nom. illeg.
 
- Panicum pseudoholcus Steud. nom. inval.
 
- Panicum raripilum Kunth
 
- Panicum tejucense Nees
 
- Panicum ventenatii (Kunth) Steud. nom. illeg.
 
- Panicum versicolor (C.Bicknell) Nieuwl. nom. illeg.
 
- Panicum virescens Salzm. ex Döll nom. inval.
 
- Panicum vulpinum Willd.
 
- Pennisetum geniculatum (Poir.) J.Jacq.
 
- Pennisetum laevigatum Nutt.
 
- Pennisetum parviflorum (Poir.) Trin.
 
- Setaria affinis Schult.
 
- Setaria ambigua Schrad.
 
- Setaria barretoi Boldrini
 
- Setaria berteroniana Schult.
 
- Setaria brachytricha Mez ex R.A.W.Herrm.
 
- Setaria discolor Hack.
 
- Setaria flava (Nees) Kunth
 
- Setaria floriana Andersson
 
- Setaria geniculata P.Beauv.
 
- Setaria gracilis Kunth
 
- Setaria imberbis (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
 
- Setaria laevigata (Nutt.) Schult.
 
- Setaria penicillata J.Presl
 
- Setaria perennis Hall
 
- Setaria purpurascens Kunth
 
- Setaria stipaeculmis Müll. Hal.
 
- Setaria stipiculmis C.Muell.
 
- Setaria streptobotrys E.Fourn.
 
- Setaria tejucensis (Nees) Kunth
 
- Setaria tenella Desv.
 
- Setaria ventenatii Kunth nom. illeg.
 
- Setaria vulpina (Willd.) P.Beauv.
  
 
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Setaria parviflora is a species of grass known by the common names marsh bristlegrass,[2] knotroot bristle-grass,[3] bristly foxtail and yellow bristlegrass. It is native to North America, including Mexico and the United States from California to the East Coast, Central America and the West Indies,[4] and South America.[5]
This grass is a perennial with small, knotty rhizomes. It produces stems 30 centimeters to well over one meter tall. The leaf blades are up to 25 centimeters long and under a centimeter wide.[4] The leaves are whitish-green.[6] The inflorescence is a compact, spikelike panicle up to 8 or 10 centimeters long. Surrounding each spikelet are up to 12 yellow or purple bristles.[4] The bristles stay on the stalk after the seeds drop away.[6]
This grass grows in moist habitat.[4] It can grow in salty habitat such as salt marshes.[6]
References
Taxon identifiers  | 
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| Setaria parviflora |  | 
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| Cenchrus parviflorus |  | 
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