PLANTS Profile for Pennisetum setaceum (crimson fountaingrass)

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Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.
crimson fountaingrass

Symbol:

PESE3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

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Line Drawing of Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

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Synonyms:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

	PERU4	Pennisetum ruppelii Steud.
	PHSE8	Phalaris setacea Forssk.

Distribution:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, LA, NM, OR, TN)

Related Taxa:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 21 species in Pennisetum

Classification:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Pennisetum Rich. ex Pers. – fountaingrass
Species	Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. – crimson fountaingrass

Noxious Weed Information:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Hawaii:
fountaingrass		Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

fountaingrass

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC		California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
HEAR		USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Introduced Information:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42013.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

Floridata: horticultural abstract and image

GU-Plant Threats to Pacific Ecosystems

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

Plant Advisor.com: image

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

University of Hawaii Botany Department: Alien Plants of Hawaii

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