Scientific Name: Setaria palmifolia

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  • Common Name:
    Palm Grass
  • Type:
    Herb grass , tufted erect perennial
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Status:
    weed
  • Flowers:
    Inflorescence is a loose panicle, with spikelets subtended by bristles.
  • Species List:
    Grass book,
Cultural Notes

Native of Asia and cultivated as an ornamental

Identification Notes

Nodes hairy, leaf sheaths striately nerved and hairy. Leaf blades pleated and palm-like, usually covered with long, soft hairs. The ligule is a dense row of hairs.