Setaria flavida(Retz.) Veldkamp

WFO wfo-0000899154 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC0

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Setaria flavida, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-03 / obs. 179577722
Setaria flavida, photographed by 葉子
fig. b 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179577724
Setaria flavida, photographed by 葉子
fig. c 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179577729
Setaria flavida, photographed by 葉子
fig. d 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179577734
Setaria flavida, photographed by 葉子
fig. e 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179577725
Setaria flavida, photographed by 葉子
fig. f 葉子, CC0 1.0 / obs. 179577751

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Setaria flavida is native: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Yemen, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, New South Wales, Queensland MadagascarChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanTaiwanYemenAssamBangladeshCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMyanmarNepalNew GuineaPakistanPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiThailandVietnamWest HimalayaNew South WalesQueensland MauritiusRéunionRodriguesAndaman Is.
Native distribution of Setaria flavida, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Nepal NEP
New Guinea NWG
Pakistan PAK
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH
Taiwan TAI
Yemen YEM
Madagascar MDG AFRICA
Mauritius MAU
Réunion REU
Rodrigues ROD
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Panicum flavidum Retz.
  • Panicum flavidum var. orarium Domin
  • Panicum floridum Royle
  • Panicum granulare Lam.
  • Paspalidium breviflorum Vickery
  • Paspalum villosum Náves ex Fern.-Vill.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.