Setaria italica

Foxtail Millet at Macgregor, ACT

Setaria italica at Macgregor, ACT - 30 Mar 2022
Setaria italica at Macgregor, ACT - 30 Mar 2022
Setaria italica at Macgregor, ACT - 30 Mar 2022
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Identification history

Setaria italica 31 Mar 2022 MichaelBedingfield
Setaria italica 30 Mar 2022 pinnaCLE

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A 2-square-metre patch of small plants, probably had been mown in last mowing cycle. Just a couple have now grown and flowered. The ground under the plants is a mass of dry seed, looking like someone has tipped a bag of millet seed onto ground here, in places 1 cm deep - see final image. 2 years ago a sighting of single tall mature plant 3m from here was posted to CNM and it looks like the same species. Is there some local working to create a field of this grass beside this carpark? Very strange!

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Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Setaria italica Scientific name
  • Foxtail Millet Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 626.01m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Panicum italicum

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