The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ SETARIA GRASS. — Novice, Murrungowar. ¶ — The grass sent is the Setaria viridio, ¶ similar to the more common and yellowish S. glauca, and like it, indigenous to many parts of Europe and Asia. It...

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96.03.00e

Plant names

Setaria glauca
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Setaria viridio
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to the Leader, 1896-03 [96.03.00e]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1890-6/1896/96-03-00e-final.odt>, accessed May 9, 2026

Letter not found. The text given here is from 'Answers to correspondents', Leader, 21 March 1896, p. 9. There is no attribution to M but the item follows immediately after an item that is attributed to him (in this edition as 93-03-00c), to which there is a cross-reference here,

SETARIA GRASS. — Novice, Murrungowar.

Vic.

— The grass sent is the ,

Journalist's error for Setaria viridis?

similar to the more common and yellowish S. glauca, and like it, indigenous to many parts of Europe and Asia. It is not a desirable grass, being merely annual, not [bu]lky, and having rather long “awns,” by which [it m]ay irritate pasture animals, &c. (See also answer [to] A. H., Coimadal.

i.e. 93-03-00c.

)