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No. 43. SETARIA LUTESCENS, SETARIA GLAUCA, CHAETOCHLOA LUTESCENS (6, p. 210) 



Common name: Yellow foxtail 



Setaria lutescens was originally described from Europe (6, p. 207). 

 The seed is said to have been brought into Hawaii in hay from Cali- 



Figxjre 43. — Setaria lutescens 



fornia. It is an annual, semierect, and usually not over 2 feet tall. 

 It is regarded as one of the most undesirable of Hawaiian grasses. 

 Cattle do not relish it and the hairy heads are said to give them throat 

 trouble. It forces out most of the other grasses and grows as almost a 

 solid stand in certain areas on Kauai. 



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