Agricultural
foxtail millet, Italian bristle grass, Italian foxtail, foxtail bristlegrass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
Various, depending on cultivarCultivar:
A variety of cultivated crop.
selection
Minutely ridged
Hard, arched and ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
Shiny edges exposed
GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
are often present.
This species is found as both spikeletsSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
and floretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.. The colors vary from yellow to dark brown and red and sometimes with speckles. The caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
is yellow and free of blue flecking as in S. viridis.
Not listed
Included
Poaceae
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.
Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn.
Panicum italicum L.
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. var. metzgeri (Koern.) Jáv.
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. subvar. metzgeri
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. var. stramineofructa (F.T. Hubbard) L.H. Bailey
