Taxon:  Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. subtesselata (Büse) B. K. Simon



Summary
Genus:
Setaria
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Paniceae
Subtribe:
Cenchrinae
Nomen number:
468264
Place of publication:
Austrobaileya 8:215.  2010
Verified:
08/20/2023 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
18 (16  active, 15  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Simon, B. K. 2010. New taxa, nomenclatural changes and notes on Australian grasses in the tribe Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Austrobaileya 8:187-219.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcattail grass as Setaria pallide-fusca1 
EnglishQueensland pigeon grass as Setaria pumila subsp. pallidefusca1 
Japanese Rōmajiko-tsubu-kin-enokoro as Setaria pallide-fusca2 
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaLesotho  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBurkina Faso  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:373-384. Note: = Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:373-384. Note: = Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:373-384. Note: = Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:373-384. Note: = Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. Note: = Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
6Other    exact native range obscure, partly owing to confusion with other taxa 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Northern America
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Louisiana]
Other (exact native range obscure, partly owing to confusion with other taxa)

Reference(s)
  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand. Note: = Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen
  2. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
  3. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  5. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
  6. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
  7. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  9. Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
  10. Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica.
  11. Shukla, U. 1996. Grasses of north-eastern India Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
  12. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
  13. Veldkamp, J. F. 1994. Miscellaneous notes on southeast Asian Gramineae: 9. Setaria and Paspalidium. Blumea 39:373-384. Note: = Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguélen
  14. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora. Note: = Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.
Economic Uses
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=468264. Accessed 12 May 2026.