Minnesota Seasons - giant green foxtail


giant green foxtail				More photos…
Setaria viridis var. major

Taxonomy	Family:	Poaceae (grass)
	No Rank:	PACMAD clade
	Subfamily:	Panicoideae
	Tribe:	Paniceae
Parent	green foxtail (Setaria viridis)

Nativity	Native to Northern Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Indian subcontinent. Introduced and naturalized in the United States.
Status
Habitat	Hill slopes, roadsides.
Flowering	Mid- to late-summer
Height	40″ to 98″

Identification	The culms are 40″ to 98″ tall and usually have 6 to 15 nodes. The nodes and sheaths are hairless. The blades are 6″ to 15¾″ long and ⅜″ to 1″ wide. The panicle is cylindrical and 4″ to 8″ long. It is erect or nodds only near the tip. The spikelets are about 1 ⁄16″ long. There are 1 to 3 bristles at the base of each spikelet. The bristles are usually green, rarely purple.

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Range			Sources: 4, 7.

Sightings	Glacial Lakes State Park

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Synonyms	Panicum viride var. major Panicum viride var. majus Setaria viridis var. robustaalba Setaria viridis var. robustapurpurea

Common Names	bottle grass giant green foxtail green bristle grass green bristlegrass green foxtail green foxtail millet green millet pigeongrass wild foxtail millet wild millet