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Setaria italica

Chinese corn

Other common names
foxtail
foxtail bristle grass
see morefoxtail millet
German millet
Hungarian millet
Italian millet
Japanese millet
Synonyms
Chaetochloa italica
Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Setaria

Genus description

Setaria can be annual or perennial grasses, with linear to elliptic leaves and small flowers in a panicle, the spikelets with a tuft of conspicuous bristles

Name status

Correct

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