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Picture of growth habit.

Scientific Name

Setaria viridis (L.) P. Beauv.

Common Name(s)

Green bristlegrass

Tribe / Family Name

Paniceae

Flowering Period

July to October

Symbol

SEVI4

Description

Description coming soon!

Picture of growth habit.

Picture of growth habit.

Close-up picture of spike-like panicle inflorescence. Each spikelet is subtended by 1-3 (sometimes 4) bristles. The bristles are actually reduced branchlets and not awns.

Close-up picture of spike-like panicle inflorescence. Each spikelet is subtended by 1-3 (sometimes 4) bristles. The bristles are actually reduced branchlets and not awns.

Close-up picture of hairy ligule.

Close-up picture of hairy ligule.

Illustration of green bristlegrass. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. <i>Manual of the grasses of the United States</i>. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.

Illustration of green bristlegrass. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. <i>Manual of the grasses of the United States</i>. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC.