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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.
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Taxonomy
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Setaria