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Bristly foxtail |
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| Scientific Name | Setaria verticillata L. Beauv. |
| Other Names | bristle grass, catch grass, garden grass |
| Life Cycle | summer annual |
| General Description | A summer annual with compound leaflets. |
| Seedlings | Ligule membranous, ciliate or surrounded with a ring of hairs, auricles absent. |
| True Leaves and Stem | Shoot folded, leaf sheath flattened. Leaf blade 2-5 times longer than wide, leaf more or less hairy. Ligule membranous, ciliate or surrounded with a ring of hairs, auricles absent. Height: 30-80 cm. Plant tufted, glabrous. Stem erect with green leaves, about 5-10 mm broad. Leaf sheath hairy, very strongly flattened. |
| Roots | Fiberous |
| Flower and Fruit | Spike-like panicle, 5-10 cm long, cylindric,interrupted at base and pseudo-whorled, green. Hooked bristles with reflexed teeth. |