Cenchrus setaceus (weed)

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Cenchrus setaceus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Forest & Kim Starr
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Cenchrus setaceus (weed) (Forssk.) Morrone - (crimson fountaingrass)

This species is native to many parts of Africa and the Near East. The reddish inflorescences with their soft bristles are characteristic. It has been widely introduced into other regions as an ornamental and has become invasive in some areas like South Africa or Hawai'i, where it suppresses native vegetation (e.g. Sweet & Holt, 2015).

Synonyms:
Pennisetum setaceum

• Other images of Cenchrus setaceus (= Pennisetum setaceum) (Wikimedia Commons and IPM Images - click to enlarge)
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  disseminule with spikelet cluster

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