Pennisetum setaceum
Common Name(s): fountaingrass
Non-Native to Florida
UF-IFAS Assessment of Non-Native Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas
CATEGORY II on the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council’s (FLEPPC) 2017 List of Invasive Plant Species
Download a page (PDF) from Identification and Biology of Nonnative Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas – Second Edition1
Fountaingrass is found in disturbed sites of Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, and Monroe county. It is native to Africa but escaped from cultivation. It blooms from summer to fall (Wunderlin, 2003).
Citations
1. Identification and Biology of Nonnative Plants in Florida’s Natural Areas – Second Edition, by K.A. Langeland, H.M. Cherry, et al. University of Florida-IFAS Publication # SP 257. 2008.