Setaria glauca

Common Name: 
yellow foxtail, golden foxtail, wild millet
Scientific Name: 
Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv., syn. Setaria lutescens
Family Name: 
Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass Family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle
introduced annual, reproducing by seed
Culms
upright, usually flat, hairless, tiller to form clump, frequently with red base
Culms of Yellow Foxtail
Culms of Yellow Foxtail
Culms of Yellow Foxtail
Culms of Yellow Foxtail
Leaves
blades flat, sometimes "v"-shaped, frequently twisted, conspicuous midrib, long fine hairs above at base, rolled in bud; auricles absent; ligule fringe of hairs; sheaths open and overlapped, hairless, flattened
Leaves of Yellow Foxtail
Seedheads
panicle, cylindrical, dense, upright; spikelet with 5 or more bristles, bristle turn yellow when mature
Seedheads of Yellow Foxtail