Setaria viridis

Taupo Quay rail yard, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Unknown, Date taken: 09/02/2015, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whole spike, Taupo Quay rail yard, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/02/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Taupo Quay rail yard, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/02/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf sheath hairs, Taupo Quay rail yard, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/02/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Leaf underside, keeled sheath, Taupo Quay rail yard, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/02/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Node and ligule detail, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 09/02/2015, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

green bristle grass

Family

Poaceae

Authority

Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Grasses

NVS code

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SETVIR

Features

Stems erect, Leaves hairless. Panicle dense, 2.5 to 7.5 cm long, erect, except near tip, which bends slightly. One to three bristles below each spikelet (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).

Life cycle

Reproduces by seed, seeds green, about 1.5 mm long (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981).

Year naturalised

1870

Origin

Eurasia

Etymology

viridis: From the Latin viridis ‘green’

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