PLANTS Profile for Setaria viridis var. viridis (green bristlegrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis
green bristlegrass

Symbol:

SEVIV

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

Chaetochloa viridis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 165. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

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Synonyms:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

	CHVI13	Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scribn.
	PAVI9	Panicum viride L.
	SEVIB	Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. breviseta (Döll) Hitchc.
	SEVIW	Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. weinmannii (Roem. & Schult.) Borbás

Distribution:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Setaria, 2 varieties in Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv.

Classification:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Setaria P. Beauv. – bristlegrass
Species	Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. – green bristlegrass
Variety	Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis – green bristlegrass

U.S. Weed Information:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

Setaria viridis
bottle grass
green bristlegrass
green foxtail
green millet
pigeongrass
wild millet

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 530353.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var. viridis

Arizona: abstract & image of bottlegrass (Setaria viridis)

Canada-Manitoba Weeds

Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food: weed identification

Texas A&M: Vascular Plant Image Gallery

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Virginia: abstract & image

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