| Family |
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Subfamily |
Panicoideae |
| Tribe |
Paniceae |
| Scientific name |
Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois |
| Synonyms |
Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Lamson-Scribner; Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Lamson-Scribner
var. breviseta (Döll) Farwell; Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Lamson-Scribner
var. japonica Koidzumi; Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Lamson-Scribner var. major
(Gaudin) Farwell; Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Lamson-Scribner var. minor (Koch
ex E. Lehmann) Farwell; Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Lamson-Scribner var. weinmannii
(Roemer & Schultes) House; Chamaeraphis italica (L.) Kuntze var. viridis
(L.) Kuntze; Chamaeraphis viridis (L.) Millspaugh; Ixophorus viridis (L.)
Nash; Panicum bicolor Moench; Panicum italicum L. var. viride (L.) Körnicke;
Panicum laevigatum Lamarck; Panicum pachystachys Franchet & Savatier;
Panicum reclinatum Villars; Panicum viride L.; Panicum viride L. subsp.
euviride Ascherson & Graebner; Panicum viride L. subsp. italicum (L.)
Ascherson & Graebner; Panicum viride L. var. brevisetum Döll; Panicum
viride L. var. humifusum Lejeune & Courtois; Panicum viride L. var.
majus Gaudin; Panicum viride L. var. minor Koch ex E. Lehmann; Panicum
viride L. var. nanum (Dumortier) Lejeune & Courtois; Panicum viride
L. var. reclinatum (Villars) Hoffmann; Panicum viride L. var. vulgare Döll;
Panicum viride L. var. weinmannii (Roemer & Schultes) Ascherson &
Graebner; Panicum viridescens Steudel; Pennisetum viride (L.) R. Brown
ex Sweet; Setaria chlorantha Schur; Setaria italica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
subsp. viridis (L.) Thellung; Setaria italica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
var. major (Gaudin) Ohwi; Setaria italica (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var.
viridis (L.) Thellung; Setaria nana Dumortier; Setaria pachystachys (Franchet
& Savatier) Matsumura; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma
arenosa (Schur) Morariu; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma
japonica (Koidzumi) Ohwi; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma
major (Gaudin) Beck; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois forma misera
Honda; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. euviridis (Ascherson
& Graebner) Briquet; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp.
minor (Thunberg) T. Koyama; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp.
pachystachys (Franchet & Savatier) Masamura & Yanagita; Setaria
viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois subsp. purpurascens (Petermann) Peshkova;
Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. arenosa Schur; Setaria viridis
(L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. australis F. M. Bailey; Setaria viridis (L.)
Palisot de Beauvois var. breviseta (Döll) Hitchcock; Setaria viridis (L.)
Palisot de Beauvois var. fuscata Harz; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de
Beauvois var. humifusa (Lejeune & Courtois) De Wildeman & T. Durand;
Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. insularis A. Terracciano;
Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. japonica (Koidzumi) Honda;
Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. latifolia Ambrosi; Setaria
viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. laevigata Schur; Setaria viridis
(L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. minor (Thunberg) Ohwi; Setaria viridis (L.)
Palisot de Beauvois var. pilosa H. Hara; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de
Beauvois var. purpurascens Petermann; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
var. robusta-alba M. M. Schreiber; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
var. robusta-purpurea M. M. Schreiber; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de
Beauvois var. secunda Beck; Setaria viridis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var.
weinmannii (Roemer & Schultes) Heynhold; Setaria weinmannii Roemer
& Schultes; Setariopsis viridis (L.) Sampaio |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) enokoro-gusa (エノコログサ, 狗子草 [meaning: dog weed]),
neko-jyarashi (ネコジャラシ, 猫じゃらし [meaning: cats toy]), hama-enokoro (ハマエノコロ,
浜狗子草 [beach dog weed]) |
| (English common name) bottle grass, green bristlegrass, green foxtail,
pigeongrass, wild millet |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Taiwan, Mongolia, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus, Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia |
| Habitat |
Field, beach |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=18 |
| Description |
Culms 50-80cm tall. Leaves 10-20cm long, 5-13mm wide. Flowers inflorescences
3-6cm long, spikelets green 2mm long, flowering in July to November. Annual
plants. |
| Reference |
Setaria viridis (Linnaeus) P. Beauvois |
| Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv. |
| Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. subsp. viridis (L.) Thell. |
