Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Setaria parviflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Setaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria parviflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Setaria parviflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-003:
Setaria geniculata FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria geniculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa geniculata
COMMON NAME:
Perennial Foxtail-grass, Knotroot Bristlegrass, Marsh Foxtail, Knotroot Foxtail
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_sege_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3757
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Flowers in a spike-like panicle 0.5-3cm wide, yellow or purplish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180825_4188
August Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Spikelets 2-2.5 or even 3mm long; bristles 1-3x or even 6x long as spikelet, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4765
August Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4772
August Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Noticeably rhizomatous, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_setaria_parviflora1
September Moore County NC
Panicle 3-8(10)cm long; plant from knotty rhizomes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_setaria_parviflora2
September Moore County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Setaria parviflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria parviflora
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Setaria parviflora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-003:
Setaria geniculata
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria geniculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa geniculata
1370
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, ditches, moist disturbed areas, pine rocklands, and dry disturbed areas over limestone, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bristles yellowish or purple
Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain dark
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p254
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p720
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p145
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p059
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