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Poaceae
Setaria

not marked as a favorite taxon Setaria parviflora (Poiret) Kerguélen. Common name: Knotroot Bristlegrass, Perennial Foxtail-grass. Phenology: May-Oct (-Apr). Habitat: Marshes, ditches, moist disturbed areas, pine rocklands, and dry disturbed areas over limestone. Distribution: MA to IA south to s. FL and s. TX, south through Mexico to Central America and South America; CA and NV; West Indies.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Gandhi & Barkworth (2003) provided a detailed discussion of the reasons for the nomenclatural change from the once more familiar S. geniculata.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, ETx1, FlGr, FNA25, Il, K4, Meso6, Mex, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3, Webster (1993b); = Chaetochloa geniculata (P.Beauv.) Millsp. & Chase — S; = Pennisetum parviflorum (Poir.) Trin. — NS; = Setaria geniculata P.Beauv. — Bah, C, F, G, HC, RAB, SFla, Tat, Tx, W, WV; > Chaetochloa gracilis (Kunth) Scribn. & — S13; > Chaetochloa imberbis (Poir.) Scribn. — S13; > Chaetochloa occidentalis Nash — S13; > Chaetochloa purpurascens (Kunth) Lanson-Scribner & Merrill — S13; > Chaetochloa versicolor E.P.Bicknell — S13; Cenchrus parviflorus Poiret. Basionym: Cenchrus parviflorus Poir. 1804

Links to other floras: = Setaria parviflora - FNA25

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FAC
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Setaria parviflora© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Setaria parviflora© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Setaria parviflora© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Setaria parviflora© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Setaria parviflora© Aidan Campos source
image #6 of Setaria parviflora© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Setaria parviflora© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Setaria parviflora© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Setaria parviflora© Stephanie Brundage | Original Image ⭷

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