Species: Setaria parviflora
Bristly Foxtail
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Setaria
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Marsh Bristlegrass - Yellow Foxtail Grass - marsh bristlegrass
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Grass Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Poaceae - Setaria - Called Setaria geniculata in many older references, but treated as Setaria parviflora by Kartesz (1994 checklist). The European species Setaria gracilis has sometimes been included in S. geniculata, but is maintained as a separate species by Kartesz and by Wagner et al. (1990). Kartesz (1999) includes S. gracilis in S. parviflora.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1996-11-07
Global Status Last Changed
1988-08-04
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
MA to FL and TX, in the interior north to WV, IL, and KS, west to CA; tropical America to Argentina and Chile.