Setaria Parviflora

Botanical Name:

Setaria parviflora

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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Soil
Clay, Clay Loam, Medium Loam, Sandy Loam, Sandy.
Characteristics

Bloom Time

Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Plant Type

Perennial. Rhizomes absent, or short; knotty. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 30-110 cm long. Culm-internodes thin-walled. Culm-nodes glabrous. Leaf-sheaths without keel; glabrous on surface; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs ciliate. Ligule a fringe of hairs; 0.4-1.2 mm long. Leaf-blades 10-30 cm long; 2-7 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; rough adaxially. Leaf-blade margins scaberulous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate., Grass/Grass-like

Lifespan

Perennial

Plant Height

1-3 ft.

Flower

Anthers 3; 1.2-1.6 mm long; yellow, or brown.

Fruit

Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; ellipsoid; 1.7 mm long.

Taxonomy

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae

Genus

Setaria