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Pennisetum / ˌ p ɛ n ɪ ˈ s iː t əm / [5] is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are known commonly as fountaingrasses ( fountain grasses ).
Pennisetum alopecuroides (Pen-ih-SEE-tum al-oh-pek-yur-OY-deez), [1] the Chinese pennisetum, Chinese fountaingrass, dwarf fountain grass, foxtail fountain grass, or swamp foxtail grass, is a species of perennial grass native to Asia and Australia. The culms are erect, and 60–100 cm long.
Pearl millet (Cenchrus americanus, commonly known as the synonym Pennisetum glaucum) is the most widely grown type of millet.It has been grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times.
Cenchrus ciliaris (buffel-grass [2] or African foxtail grass; syn. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link) is a species of grass native to most of Africa, southern Asia (east to India), southern Iran, and the extreme south of Europe . [3] Other names by which this grass is known include dhaman grass, anjan grass and koluk katai. [4] [5]
Pennisetum orientale, the oriental fountain grass, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to North West Asia and North Africa. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall and broad, this decorative perennial grass forms clumps with multiple tufted panicles up to 14 cm (5.5 in) in length. The panicles are pale pink, maturing to brown.
Pennisetum tiberiadis Boiss. Phalaris setacea Forssk. Cenchrus setaceus , commonly known as crimson fountaingrass , is a C 4 perennial bunch grass that is native to open, scrubby habitats in East Africa, tropical Africa, the Middle East and south-western Asia.
The Weser Hills cross the counties of Minden-Lübbecke, Schaumburg and Hameln-Pyrmont in a roughly east–west direction, from the town of Porta Westfalica and the Westphalian Gap in the west past Rinteln to Hessisch Oldendorf in the east, where they transition seamlessly to the Süntel, a ridge of similar height running from northwest to southeast.
Hameln-Pyrmont is a district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Schaumburg , Hanover , Hildesheim and Holzminden , and by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (district of Lippe ).