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



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

        

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

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_083b

        

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

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

 

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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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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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