Weed Herbarium

Shiyalleja

Common Name: Wild Foxtail Millet
Scientific Name: Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.
Family Name: Gramineae
Type: Grass

Identification Notes

EPPO Code

SETVI

Life Cycle

Annual

Morphology

Leaves: Leaves are alternate, 1½ to 12 inches long, lance-linear, flat, hairless, smooth to slightly rough. The sheath is open, green, hairless except for a fringe of hairs along the edge especially near the tip. The ligule (membrane where the leaf joins the sheath) is a fringe of hairs 1 to 2 mm long. Nodes are hairless and green to purplish. Stem: Stems are smooth, erect to ascending, the lower stem often prostrate then rising at the lower node (geniculate), but not rooting at the node. Stems are multiple and branching from the base, forming loose to dense clumps. Inflorescence: The flowers are attached to branches rather than to the main axis of the inflorescence. There are no branch points between the base of the inflorescence axis and the flowers, or they are not obvious.

Growing season

Germination period

Flowering period

Propagation

By seed

Habitat

Terrestrial and wetlands

Weed potential

Control measure

Recommended herbicide

Distribution

Native to Europe. Can be found growing in cultivated fields, gardens, waste places, distrubed areas and roadsides.

Department of Agronomy

Bangladesh Agricultural University