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Setaria faberi
Also called Nodding Bristle Grass, Chinese Foxtail, Giant Foxtail, Giant Bristlegrass, Nodding Foxtail, Giant Bristlegrass, Giant Foxtail, Faber's Foxtail
Japanese bristlegrass is a summer annual grass from East Asia that is widely grown as a weed in crops. It sprouts in spring, sets seed in late summer or fall, and thrives in compacted, nutrient-rich soil.
Setaria faberi, the Japanese bristlegrass, nodding bristle-grass, Chinese foxtail, Chinese millet, giant bristlegrass, giant foxtail or nodding foxtail, is an Asian grass. It is a summer annual, with plants emerging from seeds in the spring, and setting seeds in the late summer or fall.
Giant foxtails prefer compacted soils, high in nitrogen and phosphorus. The plant gains a competitive edge on crops as the soil pH increases.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Setaria faberi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
