''Setaria megaphylla'', the broad-leaved bristle grass, big-leaf bristle grass,
ribbon bristle grass,
[ or bigleaf bristlegrass, is native to south-eastern ]Africa
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.naturalized
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outside its native range, for example, in Florida
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in the United States.[
It may be found in glades in forested areas and along rivers or streams. It can grow to more than 2 metres tall and has broad dark green leaves and hairy ]leaf sheath
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s. Many kinds of birds, such as finch
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es and canaries, eat the seeds.[''Setaria megaphylla''.]
South African National Biodiversity Institute.
References
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megaphylla
Grasses of Africa
Flora of East Tropical Africa
Flora of South Tropical Africa
Flora of Southern Africa
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
Grasses of South Africa