Common Name: yellow foxtail, golden foxtail, wild milletScientific Name: Setaria glauca (L.) Beauv., syn. Setaria lutescensFamily Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced annual, reproducing by seed Culmsupright, usually flat, hairless, tiller to form clump, frequently with red base Leavesblades 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 Seedheadspanicle, cylindrical, dense, upright; spikelet with 5 or more bristles, bristle turn yellow when mature