Flower ID: IMG_8362.JPG-08-02-2021 Flower name (scientific): Setaria viridis (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois PY: 1812. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) set-TARE-ee-uh VEER-ih-diss Flower name (common): Green 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 viridi for green, referring to the color of the spikelets and bristles. 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 0.07 to 0.09 inches (1.8 to 2.2 mm) Petal count: 0 Color: green Other: flower arrangement, Spike Plant description: Size: 12 to 48 inches (30 to 122 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple Size: Leaves up to 25 to 30 cm long and up to 10 to 25 mm wide. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, linear Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): August to October Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Annual Habitat: Disturbed areas, waste areas, roadsides, fields, pastures, prairies, sun or semi-shade, dry soil. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): There are two varieties of Setaria viridis recognized by the FNA. The less robust variety is var. viridis and this has no close lookalikes. The more robust variety is var. major which has a resemblance to S. faberi (Giant Foxtail, Chinese Foxtail). S. faberi has 3 bristles from the base of each spikelet, a seedhead that typically nods, and leaves that are usually hairy on the adaxial surface, whereas S. viridis has 1 to 3 bristles, typically has a fairly straight seedhead, and leaves that are glabrous. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.795038 Longitude: -91.495935 Altitude: 247.70 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Barron, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Iron, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, La Crosse, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AK, 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) In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Panicum viride Linnaeus in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 870 (1759). Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na