Plant Profile for Pennisetum setaceum (crimson fountaingrass)

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Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.
crimson fountaingrass


Symbol:		PESE3
Group:		Monocot
Family:		Poaceae
Growth Habit:		Graminoid
Duration:		Perennial
U. S. Nativity:		Introduced

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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 Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Guidelines.

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Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

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Plant Synonyms:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

	PERU4	Pennisetum ruppelii Steud.
	PHSE8	Phalaris setacea Forssk.

Plant Distribution by State:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

State Distributional Map for Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

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Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov. occures in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oregon, Tennessee

Related Taxa:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

View 334 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 L.C. 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.

Hawaii:
fountaingrass		Noxious weed

Invasive Information:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

fountaingrass

This plant is considered invasive by 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 invasive plant list, or click here for a composite list of Invasive Plants of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State Noxious Weed Lists for 45 States. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
CalEPPC		California Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Exotic Plant Pest List(http://www.cal-ipc.org/1999_cal-ipc_list/, October 19, 1999). California Exotic Pest Plant Council. California.
HEAR		USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information Index for Selected Alien Plants in Hawaii(http://www.hear.org, October 20, 1999). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii..

Introduced Information:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.

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View species account from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View photographs from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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 photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Floridata: horticultural abstract and image

Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk: 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