Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants

Setaria italica (L.) Beauv.

Family: Poaceae

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribn., Chamaeraphis italica (L.) Kuntze, Ixophorus italicus (L.) Nash, Panicum italicum L., Setaria germanica (Mill.) P. Beauv., Panicum germanicum Mill., Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. var. metzgeri (Koern.) Jįv., Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. var. stramineofructa (F.T. Hubbard) Bailey, Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. var. stramineofructa Bailey, Setaria italica Beauv., Possibly Setaria italica germanica (Mill.) Schrad.

Common names:

Arzun (1879, Persian) (46)

Bengal grass (1896-1919) (45, 66, 92, 107)

Cat-tail millet (1896-1913) (5, 45)

Common millet (1895-1944) (32, 45, 56, 119, 140)

Elumos (ancient Greek) (107)

Foxtail bristle-grass [Foxtail bristlegrass] (Present) (50)

Foxtail millet (1913-1977) (3, 68, 109, 119, 122, 140, 155)

German millet (1884-1949) (5, 45, 56, 68, 87, 88, 90, 109, 119, 151, 158)

Golden millet (1896-1913I) (5, 45, 56, 151, 158)

Golden wonder millet (1901-1949) (56, 109, 119)

Green foxtail (1888, Neb) (11)

Hungarian grass [Hungarian-grass] (1884-1949) (45, 5, 56, 66, 67, 87, 88, 94, 109, 158)

Hungarian millet (1890-1913) (5, 56, 66, 68, 92, 158)

Italian millet (1852-1944) (5, 45, 56, 85, 87, 90, 92, 107, 93, 94, 110, 140, 151, 152, 158, 163)

Japanese millet (1919) (107)

Kangu (Sanskrit) (45)

Ku (Ancient China)(46)

Kungū (Sanskrit) (46)

Mammoth millet (1896) (45)

Millet (1888-1923) (1, 11, 56, 66, 129, 138)

Millet grass (1876?) (92)

Panicum (ancient Romans) (107)

Priyungû or Priyangu (Sanskrit and Bengali) (45, 46)

Siao mi (1879, Chinese "little seed") (46)