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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Digitaria sanguinalis   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria sanguinalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Digitaria sanguinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-003:

Digitaria sanguinalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Digitaria sanguinalis var. sanguinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Syntherisma sanguinalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass


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image of Digitaria sanguinalis, Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_disa_002_lvd

        

image of Digitaria sanguinalis, Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_disa_004_lvd

        

image of Digitaria sanguinalis, Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sysa2_001_lvd

        

Racemes digitate, with usually 1 or 2 whorls a short distance below, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Digitaria sanguinalis, Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_059

        

image of Digitaria sanguinalis, Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass

Gill Newberry    gn09_img_3684

September        

Spikelets about 3mm long, sterile lemma strongly nerved, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950).

image of Digitaria sanguinalis, Hairy Crabgrass, Northern Crabgrass

JK Marlow    jkm140925_959

September    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Seedhead branches arise from different points of attachment along the stalk, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Digitaria sanguinalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria sanguinalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Digitaria sanguinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-003:
Digitaria sanguinalis   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria sanguinalis var. sanguinalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syntherisma sanguinalis

 

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468

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence composed of 3-9 ascending spikelike racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain whitish/Brownish
Grain

 

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