PLANTS Profile for Setaria italica (foxtail millet)

PLANTS Profile

Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.
foxtail millet

Symbol:

SEIT

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
VI		I
CAN		W


Other common names:
	foxtail bristlegrass

Photograph of Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. China, Kaifeng.

More Information:

Characteristics Report
Classification Report
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Synonyms:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

	CHIT	Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn.
	PAIT	Panicum italicum L.
	SEITM	Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. var. metzgeri (Koern.) Jáv.
	SEITS	Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. var. stramineofructa (F.T. Hubbard) L.H. Bailey
	SEITM3	Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. subvar. metzgeri (Koern.) F.T. Hubbard

Distribution by State:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

Distributional Map for Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. distribution:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (VI), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OK, OR, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY

Related Taxa:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

341 genera in Poaceae, 40 species in Setaria

Classification:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.


Kingdom		Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom		Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision		Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division		Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class		Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass		Commelinidae
Order		Cyperales
Family		Poaceae – Grass family
Genus		Setaria P. Beauv. – bristlegrass
Species		Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv. – foxtail millet

U.S. Weed Information:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

Italian foxtail
foxtail bristlegrass
foxtail-millet

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

SEEPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (http://www.tneppc.org/TNEPPC2004PlantList-8x11.pdf, 19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.

Introduced Information:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACU,FAC

FACU

FAC

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Yarrow					Moderate		Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

Integrated Taxonomic Information Sytem (ITIS) :
Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41248.

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