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Setaria italica
Also called Foxtail bristlegrass, Italian millet, Foxtail Bristle Grass, Italian Foxtail, Dwarf Setaria, Giant Setaria, Italian Bristlegrass
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is an annual grass grown mainly for its small seeds, which are eaten as a grain. It is a warm-season crop that is easy to grow in full sun with modest water.
Foxtail millet, scientific name Setaria italica (synonym Panicum italicum L.), is an annual grass grown for human food. It is the second-most widely planted species of millet and the most grown millet species in Asia. The oldest evidence of foxtail millet cultivation was found along the ancient course of the Yellow River in Cishan, China, carbon dated to be from around 8,000 years ago.
Other names for the species include dwarf setaria, foxtail bristle-grass, giant setaria, green foxtail, Italian millet, German millet, and Hungarian millet.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Foxtail millet 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.
