Digitaria sanguinalisBack to index icon.

Graphic of Digitaria sanguinalis.

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FAMILY:

POACEAE

Genus:

Digitaria

species:

sanguinalis

Common name:

Crab grass


Life form:

 

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Additional:

 

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Origin:

Mediterranean.

Stem:

Creeping stems up to 15cm.

Leaves:

Grey-green, long, hairy sheath and coarse-textured.

Flowers:

Inflorescence with 3-10 racemes of purple spikelets.

Roots:

Fibrous. Creeping stems, root at nodes.

Other characteristics:

Closely relates to another weedy species Digitaria ciliaris (summergrass).

Spread:

By seed.

Control:

Hand weeding, herbicides.