Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Setaria// Species: Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Lifeform: Annual; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to the Tropical and Subtropical Old World to Central European Russia, Kazakhstan, West Himalaya and Inner Mongolia (China) according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Species assosiated with disturbed ground – cultivated land, roadsides, in and near settlements and other ruderal areas. Common weed in the Osogovo region.

Flowering period: Late summer to early fall: AUG, SEP.

References:

Setaria verticillata (L.) P.Beauv. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:421857-1 [Accessed 30.08.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.