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Key to Setaria

View taxon page for Setaria

(For a list of species in Setaria, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Bristles at base of  with short stiff hairs pointed toward base

2. Leaf  margins glabrous  sparsely hairy abaxially ..... S. adhaerens

2' Leaf sheath margins ; leaf blade scabrous abaxially ..... S. verticillata

1' Bristles at base of spikelets with short stiff hairs pointed toward tip

3. Upper  ± = upper ; upper lemma ± smooth, dull or shiny

4. Spikelet ± 2 mm;  3–8 cm; leaf blades 3–12 mm wide ..... S. viridis

4' Spikelet 2.5–3 mm; panicle 8–30 cm; leaf blades 10–30 mm wide ..... S. faberi

3' Upper glume < upper lemma; upper lemma strongly ridged

5. Rhizomes absent; upper glume <= 0.5 × upper lemma;  generally > 2.8 mm, generally 1.5–2 mm wide ..... S. pumila subsp. pumila

5' Rhizomes present; upper glume > 0.5 × upper lemma; spikelet generally < 2.8 mm, generally <= 1.5 mm wide

6. Panicle < 10 cm, 3–4 mm wide; bristles green or straw-colored; stigma dark brown or purple; base of flowering stems with hard, knot-like swellings ..... S. parviflora

6' Panicle > 10 cm, 4–6 mm wide; bristles generally orange; stigma pale; base of flowering stems not swollen ..... S. sphacelata

 

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