Setaria viridis

Setaria viridus

  • Setaria viridis
  • Setaria viridis
  • Flower name
    Setaria viridis
  • Scientific name
    Setaria viridus
  • Aliasネコジャラシ, 犬ころ草
  • Place of originWorld, such as Japan's temperate rural environment
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths
  • Flowering seasonJuly, August, September, October, November

What is Setaria viridis

Setaria viridis (dog days grass) is native to the temperate region of the world, such as Japan is an annual wild grass in the genus Setaria, in the family Poaceae. From summer to fall is wooded in Japan country roadsides and vacant lots, etc.. It is also a species of millet. Dense needle-like long hair to short cylindrical spikes around the humorous. The leaves are in green and palmately lobed leaf is hairless linear lanceolate in. Very similar to the genus dominance by setaria Faberi (autumn dog trying grass) recognised by, from foxtail spike that is hanging large and slender tip and fall blooming.

Common name: fSetaria viridis, scientific name:Setaria viridus, aka: Fox tail grass, Temperate regions of the world, such as place of origin: Japan, environment: roadside and open space, height: 20-80 cm flowering: 7-11-the inflorescence shape: cylindrical shape, flower color: green, leaf length: 5-10 cm


  • Order
    Order poales
  • Family
    Poaceae
  • Genus
    Setaria
  • Species
    S. viridis
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Cone / Compound inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    without
  • Leaf type
    lanceolate
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeannual wild grass
  • Flower colorsGreen
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height20.0 ~ 80.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.0 ~ 1.0 cm

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