Setaria glauca
Table of Contents
Common Name: Yellow Foxtail
Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Tracheophyta |
| Class: Liliopsida |
| Order: Poales |
| Family: Poaceae |
| Genus: Setaria |
| Species: Setaria glauca |
Conservation Status
Identifying Features
Yellow foxtail has 10" blade-like, flat, smooth, with rough edges.
Habitat & Range
This plant is found in fields, and around trail-sides across much of the US.
Life Cycle
Yellow foxtail flowers are in bloom from July through September. They are small, in dense 4" cylinders. The flowers are soft and bristly.
Featured image by James Dake.
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Bromus intermis
Smooth Brome Grass
Phleum pratense
Timothy Grass
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