• Family : POACEAE
  (Grass Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : POACEAE
• Basionym : Cynosurus paniceus L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Setaria verticillata (L.) P.Beauv.
• Common name : Bristly grass
• Vernacular name : Danyani (Marathi)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Degraded forest areas
• Comments / notes : Often on hills, less in plains.
• Flower, Fruit : September-January
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Nos : FAP 36998
• Collection Locality : Bhumayyagaripalle, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Tropical and warm regions
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Setaria verticillata. Downloaded on 4 November 2025.

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