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Foxtail millet is an annual grass with slim, vertical, leafy stems which can reach a height of 120–200 cm (3 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in).. The seedhead is a dense, hairy panicle 5–30 cm (2 in – 1 ft 0 in) long.
Setaria viridis is a species of grass known by many common names, including green foxtail, [1] green bristlegrass, [1] and wild foxtail millet. [1] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Setaria italica. [1] It is native to Eurasia, but it is known on most continents as an introduced species and is closely related to Setaria faberi, a ...
In the Zhengluo region of China, two millet species (foxtail millet and proso millet) were grown, enabling the people to survive the cooling of the global climate around 2200 BC. [31] Chinese myths attribute the domestication of millet to Shennong, a legendary Emperor of China, and Hou Ji, whose name means Lord Millet. [32]
Panicum miliaceum: Proso millet (common millet, broomcorn millet) Panicum sumatrense: Little millet; Pennisetum glaucum: Pearl millet; Setaria italica: Foxtail millet; Genus Digitaria. Digitaria exilis: White fonio; Digitaria compacta: Raishan; Genus Echinochloa: barnyard millets Echinochloa esculenta: Japanese barnyard millet
caption=Setaria distantiflora (A.Rich.) Pilg., herbarium sheet. Setaria is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. [5] [6] The name is derived from the Latin word seta, meaning "bristle" or "hair", which refers to the bristly spikelets.
The Classic of Rites lists soybeans (菽), wheat (麥), proso millet (黍), foxtail millet (稷) and hemp (麻). [4] Zheng Xuan in his commentary on The Rites of Zhou has rice (稻) instead of hemp. [4] Millet, beans, and wheat were widely recognized as part of the five grains and the debate was mainly about the inclusion of hemp or rice.
Common millet is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Panicum miliaceum (proso millet), referred to as a common millet in recent decades; Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet), the most commonly cultivated millet; Setaria italica (foxtail millet), historically referred to as common millet
A foxtail is a spikelet or cluster of a grass, that serves to disperse its seeds as a unit. Thus, the foxtail is a type of diaspore or plant dispersal unit. Some grasses that produce a foxtail are themselves called "foxtail", also "spear grass". They can become a health hazard for dogs, cats, and other domestic animals, [1] and a nuisance for ...