Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Streptophyta

Class: Equisetopsida

Subclass: Magnoliidae

Order: Poales

Family: Poaceae

Genus: Setaria

Species: verticillata

Description: Bristly foxtail is an annual grass with stems prostrate and rising up, 10-100 cm long. Leaf-blades are 5-30 cm long, 4-16 mm wide, flaccid. Leaf-blade surface is hairless, or hairy. Inflorescence is a spike-like panicle, linear, continuous, or interrupted, 2-15 cm long. Primary panicle branches are accrescent to a central axis, with evident branchlets on axis. Bristly foxtail is widesread in Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia. It has also becomes naturalized in Americas, parts of Europe and Korea.

Uses: Parts of the plants are also being used for many disorders like rheumatism, psoriasis and chronic eruption