Setaria pumila |
Setaria palmifolia |
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yellow foxtail |
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Habit | Plants annual, 30–130 cm tall. | |
Leaves | sheaths glabrous; blades 4–10 mm wide; basal portion of upper surfaces with papillosebased hairs. |
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Inflorescences | dense; spike-like, 1–7(15) × approximately 1 cm, uniform in width throughout; bristles 4–12 per spikelet, 3–8 mm, antrorsely scabrous. |
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Spikelets | 2–3.4 mm. |
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Glumes | lower glumes approximately 33% as long as the spikelets, 3-veined; acute; upper glumes approximately 50% as long as the spikelets and 50–67% as long as the upper lemmas. |
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Lemmas | lower lemmas as long as the upper lemmas and lower paleas; upper lemmas exposed, strongly transversely rugose. |
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Setaria pumila |
Setaria palmifolia |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | 2 subspecies. Setaria pumila inflorescences are usually smaller and paler than those of S. viridis, which has fewer bristles per spikelet and upper glumes as long as the lemmas. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 478 Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting |
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