Setaria pumila

Pale Pigeon Grass at Jerrabomberra, ACT

Setaria pumila at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 19 Apr 2020
Setaria pumila at Jerrabomberra, ACT - 19 Apr 2020
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Setaria pumila 14 Jan 2023 Tapirlord
Setaria pumila 14 Jan 2023 Grassman

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7 comments

Mike wrote:
   20 Apr 2020
Can you suggest a species? It is different from the other Setaria on the timeline.
   20 Apr 2020
I didn't think it looked like Setaria, too fat. But I thought maybe it was the photo angle. I have tried to Undo the confirmation but that didn't work. If you think it looks different, could you please collect a specimen and get it ID'd.
   20 Apr 2020
I even did an Undo on your suggestion, but it has remained as confirmed.
   4 Aug 2020
Hi Mike
Have you put in a specimen to ANBG? They are open now.
Mike wrote:
   4 Aug 2020
I collected some but haven't looked to see if it is suitable for the herbarium.
   28 Oct 2020
Hi Mike, by a bit of trickery I have successfully put this sighting back in Unidentified Grasses. It may well be Setaria sp, but awaiting ANBG ID when you have time, maybe in summer.
Grassman wrote:
   14 Jan 2023
Pale Pigeon Grass (S. pumila) flowerheads are typically short and fat with prominent bristles reddish-brown or brown at tip and pale at base. Photo of flowerhead on PlantNET (if anyone is using it for ID) is wrong; that is S. parviflora.

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