Grass family (Poaceae) ⁴

Summary ⁵

Setaria pumila is a species of grass known by many common names, including yellow foxtail, yellow bristle-grass, pigeon grass, and cattail grass. It is native to Europe, but it is known throughout the world as a common weed. It grows in lawns, sidewalks, roadsides, cultivated fields, and many other places. This annual grass grows 20 centimeters to well over a meter in height, its mostly hairless stems ranging from green to purple-tinged in color. The leaf

Similar species ⁴

Giant foxtail (Setaria faberi) and green foxtail (Setaria viridis) are also common weeds with a similar appearance, but lack the yellowish tint of the hairs.

Learn more ⁴

Cornell Weed Identification, Cornell University.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jeff Skrentny, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jeff Skrentny, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31949938
2. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Isaac Winkler, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56969346
3. (c) Wolfgang Jauch, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wolfgang Jauch, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56969346
4. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
5. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setaria_pumila

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