Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Digitaria violascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Digitaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria violascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-002b:
Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria violascens
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syntherisma floridana
COMMON NAME:
violet crabgrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_divi2_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Digitaria violascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria violascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-75-002b:
Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria violascens
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Syntherisma floridana
4306
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Non-native
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Look for it in sandy fields, roadsides, and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence composed of 2-6 ascending spikelike racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain
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