See other conspecific taxa:

• Setaria viridis var. major (0 accessions)
• Setaria viridis var. viridis (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (≡) Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scribn.
• (≡) Chamaeraphis viridis (L.) Millsp.
• (=) Panicum pachystachys Franch. & Sav.
• Basionym: Panicum viride L.
• (≡) Setaria italica subsp. viridis (L.) Thell.
• (=) Setaria pachystachys (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.
• (=) Setaria viridis subsp. pachystachys (Franch. & Sav.) Masam. & Yanagita

Common names:

• green bristle grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• green foxtail  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• green foxtail millet  (Source: Blumea) - English
• wild foxtail millet  (Source: Blumea) - English
• green foxtail  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• sétaire verte  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• sétaire verte  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• grüne Borstenhirse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• milha-verde  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• capim-verde  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• setária-verde  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• almorejo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• kavelhirs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal, [Madeira Islands] Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai] Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia, [Eastern Siberia] Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.e.), Nepal, Pakistan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Sweden
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Naturalized

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Tunisia

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Slovakia
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Russian Federation-European part [European part]

Northern America

• Canada, Mexico, United States

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: West Indies
• CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Panama
• BRAZIL: Brazil
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
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