NameThatPlant.net: Setaria viridis var. viridis

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY Poaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

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

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.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Setaria viridis var. viridis FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

Non-native: Eurasia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

Look for it in fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

map
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.

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:
Summer/Fall
Panicle greenish or purple

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain dark
Grain

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