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
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria filiformis
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)
Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-001a:
Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syntherisma filiformis
COMMON NAME:
Slender Crabgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_difi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_syfi2_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_dfiliformisfilif73779
September Miami-Dade County FL
Spikelet, showing shiny dark brown fertile lemma beneath upper glume.
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-001a:
Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syntherisma filiformis
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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