Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis)
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- Regional Noxious Weed
- annual grass growing in tufts from 0.5 to 1 metres in height; young leaves with upward pointing hairs; upper leaves are hairless and rough; seeds clustered in a dense club; 1 to 3 bristles from the base of each flower give the head a "bottle-brush" appearance
- can produce over 34,000 seeds per plant
- yellow foxtail (Setaria glauca) is similar but with long twisted hairs near the base of leaf blades
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 | Seeds produced in a "bottle-brush" inflorescence |
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