NameThatPlant.net: Setaria faberi

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria faberi FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-007:

Setaria faberi FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Nodding Foxtail Grass, Giant Foxtail-grass, Chinese Foxtail

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria faberi FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-007:
Setaria faberi FAMILY Poaceae

3042

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

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

Non-native: China

Common (uncommon GA Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain) (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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