Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Setaria pumila
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Yellow Foxtail from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria pumila ssp. pumila
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-004:
Setaria glauca
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria lutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa lutescens
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Foxtail
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chgl12_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_selu4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6876
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6975
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
An annual with fibrous roots, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6977
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves flat [not folded], per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6980
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Longer bristles 2-3x as long as the spikelet, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6992
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
4-12 bristles below each spikelet, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Gill Newberry gn09_setaria_glauca
September
Panicle dense, evenly cylindric, spikelike, yellow at maturity, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
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Gill Newberry gn09_setaria_glauca_habit
September
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JK Marlow jkm140924_952
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm210905_3350
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210905_3353
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210905_3355
September Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Setaria pumila
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria pumila ssp. pumila
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-004:
Setaria glauca
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria lutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa lutescens
1371
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Non-native: Europe
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in disturbed areas, lawns, fields, less commonly in natural habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Panicle yellow at maturity
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p254?
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p718?
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p059