Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguelen

Locations ofSetaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguelen in Virginia

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Detail

Family
Poaceae
Botanical Name
Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguelen
Common Name
Knotroot Bristlegrass, Knotroot Foxtail
Synonym(s)
Setaria geniculata (Lam.) Beauv.
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Setaria parviflora (Poir.) Kerguelen
Comments
Habitat
Moist fields, pastures, roadsides, river shores and bars, disturbed alluvial soils, dunes, interdune swales, and salt scrub; occasionally invasive in natural wetlands. Especially common in pastures where it competes well with other perennial species; not so much a weed of disturbed ground as other foxtail species. Common in the Coastal Plain; frequent in the Piedmont and mountains.
Native Status
Native

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