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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria italica   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Setaria italica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-002:

Setaria italica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

Setaria italica

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

Chaetochloa italica

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Foxtail, Italian Millet, Foxtail Millet, Italian Foxtail


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chit_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_seit_001_lvd

        

image of Setaria italica, Yellow Foxtail, Italian Millet, Foxtail Millet, Italian Foxtail

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_seit_003_lvd

        

image of Setaria italica, Yellow Foxtail, Italian Millet, Foxtail Millet, Italian Foxtail

Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5363651

Month Unknown        

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Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5363651b

Month Unknown        

In larger forms the panicles may be 30cm long x 3cm thick, yellow or purple, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Setaria italica, Yellow Foxtail, Italian Millet, Foxtail Millet, Italian Foxtail

Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5363654

Month Unknown        

In the larger forms the culms may be as much as 1cm thick, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Setaria italica, Yellow Foxtail, Italian Millet, Foxtail Millet, Italian Foxtail

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5438698

Month Unknown        

Fruit smooth or nearly so, shining at maturity, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Setaria italica   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Setaria italica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-68-002:
Setaria italica   FAMILY Poaceae

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

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

 

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1372

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, frequently planted as a cover crop after soil disturbance, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Rare or waif(s)

map
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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:
Summer
Spikelets yellow, brown, orange or purple

Inflorescence a dense, spikelike panicle

FRUIT:
Summer
Tawny to red, brown or black
Grain

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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