Species

Setaria viridis

Etymology

viridis: From the Latin viridis 'green'

Common Name(s)

green bristle grass

Authority

Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

SETVIR

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Features

Stems erect, Leaves hairless. Panicle dense, 2.5 to 7.5 cm long, erect, except near tip, which bends slightly. One to three bristles below each spikelet (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).

Year Naturalised

1870

Origin

Eurasia

Reproduction
Seeds.

Seed
Seeds green, about 1.5 mm long (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).

This page last updated on 16 Dec 2015