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|accepted_name=Setaria adhaerans
|accepted_authority=(Forssk.) Chiov.
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|common_names=Bur bristlegrass;Tropical barbed bristlegrass
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae;Poaceae tribe Paniceae;Setaria;Setaria subg. Setaria;Setaria adhaerans
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Paniceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Setaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Setaria subg. Setaria]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Setaria adhaerans]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 554
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual. <b>Culms</b> 25-60 cm. <b>Sheaths</b> glabrous throughout; ligules 1-2 mm, of hairs, white; blades usually less than 10 cm long, 5-10 mm wide, flat, broad basally, abaxial surfaces conspicuously strigose with papillose-based hairs, tapering abruptly at the apices; bristles solitary, about 5 mm, retrorsely scabrous. <b>Panicles</b> 2-6 cm, verticillate, green to purple; rachises retrorsely rough hispid. <b>Spikelets</b> 1.5-2.2 mm. <b>Lower</b> glumes about 1/2 as long as the spikelets, obtuse, 1(3)-veined; upper glumes nearly as long as the spikelets, 5-7-veined; lower lemmas equaling to slightly exceeding the upper lemmas; lower paleas less than 1/2 as long as the spikelets, scalelike; upper lemmas finely and transversely rugose; upper paleas similar to the upper lemmas. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Setaria adhaerans</i> grows in subtropical regions throughout the world. In North America, it is known from the southern United States, northeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, and the Bahamas. The Californian record may represent a recent introduction.</p><!--
--><p><i>Setaria adhaerans</i> resembles the temperate <i>S. verticillata</i>, but differs in having shorter panicles, shorter spikelets, glabrous sheath margins, and papillose-based strigose hairs on the blades.</p>
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name=Setaria adhaerans
|authority=(Forssk.) Chiov.
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Linda A. Vorobik;Annaliese Miller
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Panicoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Paniceae
|genus=Setaria
|subgenus=Setaria subg. Setaria
|species=Setaria adhaerans
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