NameThatPlant.net: Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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

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Learn more about Digitaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria filiformis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-001a:

Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis FAMILY Poaceae

COMMON NAME:
Slender Crabgrass

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria filiformis FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-001a:
Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis FAMILY Poaceae

3924

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence composed of 2-7 ascending spikelike racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

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