*Setaria italica (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois. Common name: Foxtail-millet, Italian Millet, Hungarian Millet. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, frequently planted as a cover crop after soil disturbance. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Taxonomy Comments: Probably derived via cultivation and selection from S. viridis, and cultivated as a food crop in China since at least 6000 BP and later in Europe (Hancock 2004).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, HC, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WH3, WV, Webster (1993b); = Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn. — S, S13; Panicum italicum Linnaeus. Basionym: Panicum italicum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Setaria italica - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
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