Weed
yellow foxtail, yellow bristlegrass, cattail grass
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.
Yellow to dark brown
LemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
and paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
surfaces are uniformly covered by transverseTransverse:
Set crosswise, crossing or at right angles.
ridges.
Hard, arched, ovalOval:
Broadly elliptic. and nerves converging into a very short 3-pronged awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
at the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
Hard, flat, and shiny edges covered by overlapping lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
GlumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
present; the second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. is half the length of the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla..
FloretsFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. are fairly large, uniformly covered by transverseTransverse:
Set crosswise, crossing or at right angles.
ridges, without the shiny paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo. edges, and the second glumeGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it. is only half the length of the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla..
Federal
Included
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Poaceae
Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. pumila
Chaetochloa glauca (L.) Scribn.
Chaetochloa lutescens (Weigel) Stuntz
Panicum glaucum L.
Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv.
Setaria glauca sensu Vickery
Setaria lutescens (Weigel) F.T. Hubbard
