Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Digitaria ciliaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Learn more about Southern Crabgrass from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria ciliaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Digitaria ciliaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria sanguinalis var. ciliaris
COMMON NAME:
Southern Crabgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_syma3_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_d_ciliaris_78641
September Miami-Dade County FL
Castellow Hammock Park
Racemes digitate, with usually 1 or 2 whorls a short distance below, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Digitaria ciliaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria ciliaris
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Digitaria ciliaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria sanguinalis var. ciliaris
3923
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Habitat: Sandy fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence composed of spikelike racemes
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p222
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States p576