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

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
• Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
• USDA Federal Noxious Weed List, 093014

 

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

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

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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 (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)
Chaetochloa lutescens