NameThatPlant.net: Setaria viridis var. viridis

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY Poaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Learn more about Foxtail from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Setaria viridis var. viridis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-008:

Setaria viridis FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Setaria viridis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Chaetochloa viridis

COMMON NAME:
Green Foxtail, Green Bristlegrass

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image of Setaria viridis var. viridis, Green Foxtail, Green Bristlegrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chvi13_001_lvd

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_083b

Gill Newberry gn09_setaria_viridis

September

Panicle erect or ~ nodding, cylindric but tapering a little at the summit, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Setaria viridis var. viridis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-008:
Setaria viridis FAMILY Poaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria viridis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chaetochloa viridis

1373

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, pastures, roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common in Mountains (common elsewhere in NC, uncommon elsewhere in SC, rare elsewhere in GA)

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

Invasive?

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Panicle greenish or purple

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain dark
Grain

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