Cenchrus setosus
naturalizedPoaceae

Cenchrus setosus

feathery pennisetum

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Cenchrus setosus, the feathery pennisetum, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, first described in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. (1788). It is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and South and Southeast Asia, extending from India to Indo-China, and has been widely introduced to tropical and subtropical regions across the Americas, Pacific Islands, and parts of Asia. It is sometimes cultivated as a pasture or fodder grass. Distinguishing features include the soft, crinkled hairs...

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Seasonality

Only 0 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 31 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 46 · GBIF 37 records