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Learn more about Yellow Foxtail from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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 (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)
Chaetochloa lutescens
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Foxtail
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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).
JK Marlow jkm200808_6977
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves flat [not folded], per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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.
JK Marlow jkm200808_6992
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
4-12 bristles below each spikelet, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Gill Newberry gn09_setaria_glauca
September
Panicle dense, evenly cylindric, spikelike, yellow at maturity, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.