Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Panicum verticillatum L.
• (≡) Panicum verticillatum var. verticillatum L.
• (-) Setaria verticillata var. verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.

Common names:

• bristle pigeon grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• bristly foxtail  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• bur bristle grass  (Source: pers. comm.) - English
• bur grass  (Source: Blumea) - English
• rough bristle grass  (Source: Blumea) - English
• whorled pigeon grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• bristly foxtail  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• sétaire verticillée  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• sträv kavelhirs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• CHINA: China

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation, [Astrakhan, Volgograd] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

• EASTERN ASIA: Japan

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Norway
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus

Northern America

• Canada, Mexico, United States

Pacific

• NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]

Southern America

• BRAZIL: Brazil [São Paulo]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile


Other (exact native & natzd. range uncertain owing to confusion with other taxa)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=33852. Accessed 1 July 2024.