Hooked Bristle Grass

Setaria verticillata

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand Dec. 16, 2025, 6:55 p.m.	Supports grazers/browsers Shade Sun Semi-shade Annual Pioneer species
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:34 a.m.	Useful Sun Grass Soil: loam Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky), some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Юрий Данилевский (Yuriy Danilevsky) source
• (c) Zachary Ngow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Zachary Ngow source
• (c) chen ying-hsiao, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by chen ying-hsiao source
• (c) Patrick Hacker, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Patrick Hacker source
• (c) Anniek Yang, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anniek Yang source
• (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
• (c) Ron Vanderhoff, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ron Vanderhoff source
• (c) mtfoliveira, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by mtfoliveira source