Poaceae

Green bristlegrass

Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Setaria

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Green bristlegrass (Setaria viridis) — FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)

Arabic: ذيل الثعلب الأخضر
arz: ذيل الثعلب الاخضر
Belarusian: Мяшэй зялёны, Мяшэй, Прада
Cantonese: 狗尾草
cdo: Kēng-muōi-chāu
Chinese: 狗尾草, 狗尾草子, 莠, 谷莠子, 狗尾巴草, 通天草, 厚穗狗尾草, 巨大狗尾草
Czech: Bér zelený
Dutch: Groene naaldaar
English: Green bristlegrass, Green bristol-grass, Green bristle-grass, Green foxtail, Green foxtail millet
Estonian: Roheline kukeleib
Finnish: Viherpantaheinä
French: Sétaire verte
Georgian: Მწვანე ძურწა
German: Grüne Borstenhirse, Grüner Fennich
hsb: Zeleny włosanc
Japanese: エノコログサ, ねこじゃらし, ネコジャラシ, 狗尾草, 猫じゃらし
Korean: 강아지풀, 개꼬리풀, 가라지
Macedonian: Зелен мувар
Mongolian: Ногоон хоног будаа
Norwegian Bokmål: Grønn busthirse, Grønnbusthirse
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grøn busthirse, Grønbusthirse
Persian: گاورس
Polish: Włośnica zielona
Romanian: Mohor verde
Russian: Щетинник зелёный, Мышей зелёный, Чумиза зелёная, Щетинник Вайнмана
Slovak: Bar zelený
Slovenian: Zeleni muhvič
Swedish: Kavelhirs
Welsh: Cibogwellt gwyrddlas

Synonyms

Chaetochloa comosa (Steud.) Koidz.
Chaetochloa gigantea (Franch. & Sav.) Honda
Chaetochloa gigantea var. furcata Honda
Chaetochloa gigantea var. pilosa Honda
Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scribn.
Chaetochloa viridis subvar. lanceolata (Matsum.) Honda
Chaetochloa viridis subvar. linearis Honda
Chaetochloa viridis var. breviseta (Döll) Farw.
Chaetochloa viridis var. depressa (Honda) Kitag.
Chaetochloa viridis var. japonica Koidz.
Chaetochloa viridis var. major (Gaudin) Farw.
Chaetochloa viridis var. minor (W.D.J.Koch) Farw.
Chaetochloa viridis var. pachystachys (Franch. & Sav.) Honda
Chaetochloa viridis var. weinmannii (Roem. & Schult.) House
Chamaeraphis italica var. viridis (L.) Kuntze
Chamaeraphis viridis (L.) Millsp.
Ixophorus viridis (L.) Nash
Panicum bicolor Moench
Panicum comosum Steud.
Panicum comosum Steud.
Panicum giganteum (Franch. & Sav.) E.H.L.Krause
Panicum humile Thunb. ex Trin.
Panicum italicum var. viride (L.) Körn.
Panicum laevigatum Lam.
Panicum pachystachys Franch. & Sav.
Panicum psilocaulon Steud.
Panicum purpurascens Opiz
Panicum pycnocomum Steud.
Panicum quale-linnaei Krock.
Panicum reclinatum Vill.
Panicum verticillatum var. minus Thunb.
Panicum viride L.
Panicum viride f. pygmaeum Asch. & Graebn.
Panicum viride var. aristatum Pauquy
Panicum viride var. brevisetum Döll
Panicum viride var. giganteum Franch. & Sav.
Panicum viride var. gracillimum Le Gall
Panicum viride var. humifusum Lej. & Courtois
Panicum viride var. longisetum Döll
Panicum viride var. majus Gaudin

and 95 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to September (from 152 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Donkey shot, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Donkey shot, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Donkey shot, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Donkey shot, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.