NameThatPlant.net: Setaria magna

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria magna FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-001:

Setaria magna FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Setaria magna

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

Chaetochloa magna

COMMON NAME:
Saltmarsh Foxtail-grass, Giant Foxtail-grass, Giant Bristlegrass

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image of Setaria magna, Saltmarsh Foxtail-grass, Giant Foxtail-grass, Giant Bristlegrass

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June Collier County FL

Mistletoe Swamp

Culms to 4m tall. Panicles densely flowered, nodding, to 50cm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria magna FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-001:
Setaria magna FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria magna

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

4124

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Tidal marshes (oligohaline and less typically mesohaline), interdune swales, near-coastal marshes, less typically inland, in south Florida interior in deep freshwater marshes and “holes” in cypress domes and strand swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain dark
Grain

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