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Setaria italica
foxtail bristle grass
Other common names
foxtailfoxtail bristle grass
see morefoxtail millet
German millet
Hungarian millet
Italian millet
Japanese millet
Synonyms
Chaetochloa italicaBotanical 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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