Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E. Hubb. ex M.B. Moss

Setaria sphacelata (Schumach.) Stapf & C.E. Hubb. ex M.B. Moss. Setaria sphacelata is a tall African grass, also known as South African pigeon grass and African bristlegrass. It is native to tropical and subtropical Africa, and is extensively cultivated globally as a pasture grass and for cut fodder. This is a rhizomatous perennial grass producing flattened, hairless, blue-green stems up to 2 m tall. The inflorescence is a dense, narrow panicle of bristly, orange-tinged spikelets up to 25 cm long.