Yellow Fx-Tail Grass
Setaria pumila
Also known as Yellow Bristlegrass
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Yellow Fx-Tail Grass
Identify Yellow Fx-Tail Grass by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Poaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow Fx-Tail Grass.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Setaria pumila
- Genus
- Setaria
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded moist deciduous forests, grasslands and wasteland
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, tropical and warm temperate regions of the old world; introduced to North America
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The leaf blades are hairless on the upper surfaces, twisting, and up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Fx-Tail Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded“The panicle may appear yellow or yellow-tinged.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The panicle may appear yellow or yellow-tinged.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Fx-Tail Grass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കമ്പിളിപ്പുല്ല്
About Yellow Fx-Tail Grass
Yellow Fx-tail Grass (Setaria pumila) belongs to the Poaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Meghalaya, Karnataka and 19 other states. It grows in degraded moist deciduous forests, grasslands and wasteland. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Poaceae
Grass family
Yellow Fx-Tail Grass belongs to the Poaceae family.
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