Pennisetum setaceum
Common Name: green fountaingrass
Family: Poaceae
Common Synonyms: none
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9a-11
Growth Habit: Perennial grass
Origin: North Africa and Middle East
FISC Category: 2
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: Earliest Florida specimen vouchered in 1962
IFAS Assessment:
Perennial, mound forming, grass to 1.3 m tall. Tufted, erect stems. Leaves narrowly linear, flat or inrolled, to 0.6 m long and 6 mm wide, upper surface rough, ligule of dense silky hairs. Inflorescence a dense, terminal panicle, cylindrical, nodding to 35 cm long. Spikelets in clusters of 1-3 with plumose bristles towards the base, usually 4-5 times longer than the spikelets.
Scrub, pine rockland
Popular landscape plant, stimulated by fire.
No specific recommendations available, grasses can generally be treated with foliar application of glyphosate.
Dave's Garden. 2014. PlantFiles: Rose fountain grass. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1491/. Accessed on June 23, 2014.
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, K.C. Burks. 2008. Identification and Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas-Second Edition. IFAS Publication SP 257. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Langeland, K.A., J.A. Ferrell, B. Sellers, G.E. MacDonald, and R.K. Stocker. 2011. Integrated management of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida. EDIS publication SP 242. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).[S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.