Minnesota Seasons - green foxtail


green foxtail				No Image Available
Setaria viridis var. viridis

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	8″ to 40″

Identification	The culms are 8″ to 40″ tall and usually have 4 to 10 nodes. The nodes and sheaths are hairless. The blades are 1½″ to 10″ long and ⅛″ to ½″ wide. The panicle is cylindrical and 1¼″ to 3⅛″ long. It is erect or nodds only near the tip. 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: 3, 4, 7.

Sightings	Flandrau State Park			Old Mill State Park Uncas Dunes SNA Wild River State Park

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Synonyms	Chaetochloa viridis Panicum viride Setaria viridis var. breviseta Setaria viridis var. weinmannii

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