Flower ID: IMG_8359.JPG-08-02-2021 Flower name (scientific): Setaria pumila (Poiret) Roemer & Schultes PY: 1817. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) set-TARE-ee-uh POO-mil-uh Flower name (common): Yellow Foxtail Family name (common): Grass Family name (scientific): Poaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Latin seta for bristle, referring to the bristly spikelets. Specific epithet: From the Latin pumilus meaning dwarf or small. Common name origin: From the color of the spike and the supposed resemblance to the tail of a fox. Foxtail is a commonly applied name to various grasses with bristly spikelets. Flower description: Size: spikelets 0.12 to 0.13 inches (3 to 3.4 mm) Petal count: 0 Color: yellow Other: flower arrangement, Spike Plant description: Size: 12 to 36 inches (30 to 91 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Leaves are up to 20 to 30 cm long and up to 10 to 12 mm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): June to October Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Disturbed areas, waste areas, fields, pastures, roadsides, sun or semi-shade, dry soil. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. The yellow to tawny bristles of the spikelets help to distinguish this species from other foxtails. Setaria pumila typically has 4 to 12 bristles from the base of each spikelet, which is more than for the following: S. faberi (Giant Foxtail, Chinese Foxtail) has 3, S. italica (Foxtail Millet) has 1 to 3, S. verticillata (Bristly Foxtail, Hooked Bristlegrass) has 1, S. verticilliformis (Barbed Bristlegrass) has 1, and S. viridis (Green Foxtail, Green Bristlegrass) has 1 to 3. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.795027 Longitude: -91.495925 Altitude: 244.60 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, 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) In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Panicum pumilum Poiret in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Supp l. 4: 273 (1816). Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na