✿Poaceae · Setaria
Setaria intermedia
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Setaria intermedia
- Genus
- Setaria
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar; introduced in tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Setaria intermedia itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Setaria intermedia
A member of the Poaceae family, Setaria intermedia is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and 8 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Setaria intermedia belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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