''Setaria dielsii'', commonly known as Diels' pigeon grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to Australia.

Description

It is an annual grass that grows in tufts from 20 to 130 centimetres high. It has green flowers that occur in an open panicle.

Taxonomy

This species was first published by Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann in 1910. Its only synonym is ''Setaria buchananii'', published by Albert Spear Hitchcock in 1927.

Distribution and habitat

It occurs in

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

and the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q7456360 dielsii Bunchgrasses of Australasia Poales of Australia Angiosperms of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Taxa named by A. S. Hitchcock