Setaria viridis

Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr. 51 1812. (Syn: Chaetochloa comosa (Miq.) Koidz.; Chaetochloa gigantea (Franch. & Sav.) Honda ..; Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scribn. ……..; Chamaeraphis italica var. viridis (L.) Kuntze; Chamaeraphis viridis (L.) Millsp.; Ixophorus viridis (L.) Nash; Panicum austroasiaticum Ohwi; Panicum bicolor Moench; Panicum comosum Steud. [Illegitimate]; Panicum giganteum (Franch. & Sav.) E.H.L.Krause [Illegitimate]; Panicum humile Steud. (Unresolved); Panicum humile Thunb. ex Trin. [Invalid]; Panicum italicum var. viride (L.) Körn.; Panicum laevigatum Lam.; Panicum pachystachys Franch. & Sav.; Panicum psilocaulon Steud.; Panicum purpurascens Opiz [Invalid]; Panicum pycnocomum Steud.; Panicum qualelinnaei Krock.; Panicum reclinatum Vill.; Panicum tenellum Griff. [Illegitimate]; Panicum verticillatum var. minor Thunb.; Panicum vescum R.R.Stewart; Panicum viride L. …….; Panicum viridescens Steud.; Panicum walense Mez; Panicum watense Mez [Spelling variant]; Pennisetum italicum var. viride (L.) Körn.; Pennisetum viride (L.) R.Br.; Pennisetum viride (L.) R. Br. ex Sweet .; Setaria arenaria Kitag.; Setaria chlorantha Schur; Setaria comosa Miq. .; Setaria depressa Honda; Setaria fallax Lojac.; Setaria gigantea (Franch. & Sav.) Makino .; Setaria glareosa Petrov;

Setaria italica var. major (Gaudich.) Ohwi ….; Setaria ketzchovelii Menabde & Erizin; Setaria ketzchovelii Menabde & Eritsian; Setaria nana Dumort.; Setaria pachystachys (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum. .; Setaria purpurascens (Opiz) Opiz [Invalid]; Setaria pycnocoma (Steud.) Henrard ex Nakai; Setaria pycnocoma (Steud.) Henrickson; Setaria reclinata (Vill.) Chevall.; Setaria rubicunda Dumort.; Setaria viridis f. arenosa (Schur) Morariu ………………………………..; Setaria weinmannii Roem. & Schult.; Setariopsis viridis (L.) Samp.);
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Old World to Central & SE. Australia: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Cambodia, Canary Is., Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New South Wales, Niger, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alabama, Alberta, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Bermuda, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, Florida, Georgia, Great Britain, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sweden, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon as per POWO;
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Common name: Green Foxtail, green bristlegrass, green foxtail millet • Kannada: ನವಣೆ Navane • Kashmiri: Kangni

Similar to S. pumila in compact spikes with antrorsely scabrid bristles, but differing in usually green bristles, and several spikelets per branch, as also upper glume being almost as long as spikelet or slightly shorter.