Plants annual or perennial. Blades seldom wider than 20 mm, flat or loosely twisted. Panicles usually contracted, spikelike; branches short, with 1 or more bristles subtending each spikelet. Spikelets obtuse or acutish. Upper lemmas transversely rugose, rarely smooth.

Discussion

Setaria subg. Setaria is represented in subtropical and temperate regions throughout the world and is the best represented subgenus in the Flora region.

Selected References

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Setaria subg. Setaria"
not penicillate +
anatomy +  and kranz +
James M. Rominger +
P. Beauv. +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
membranous +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
usually linear +  and lanceolate occasionally ovate +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (?) +
spikelike +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not developed +
compressed +, ellipsoid +  and subglobose +
sometimes longer +
branched +  and solid +
decumbent +  and erect +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (600 cm6,000 mm <br />6 m <br />) +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Wash. +, Utah +, W.Va. +, Mich. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Iowa +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Md. +, Mass. +, Maine +, N.H. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Fla. +, Kans. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Wyo. +, Puerto Rico +, Calif. +, Oreg. +, Tex. +, La. +, N.C. +, Tenn. +, S.C. +, Ala. +, Virgin Islands +, Pa. +, Mont. +, Miss. +, Ohio +, Va. +, Colo. +, Alaska +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Nev. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.) +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +  and Yukon +
capillary +
germination +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
unequal +
membranous +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
solid +  and hollow +
cauline +  and basal +
coriaceous +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
not constricted +
indurate +  and membranous +
rarely exceeding the upper lemmas +  and equaling +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
subterranean +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
subsessile +  and short pedicellate +
in triplets +  and paired +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
acutish +  and obtuse +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
red +  and white +
fused +  and free +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Setaria subg. Setaria +
subgenus +
membranous +
membranous +  and herbaceous +
not keeled +
reduced +
perennial +  and annual +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
dioecious +, monoecious +  and synoecious +