Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Digitaria sanguinalis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Learn more about Hairy Crabgrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_disa_002_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_disa_004_lvd
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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).
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_059
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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).
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p222
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p575
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p038
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