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Fountaingrass

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Pennisetum setaceum

Non-Native to Florida



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    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).