OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



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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image of Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis, Slender Crabgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_difi_001_lvd

        

image of Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis, Slender Crabgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_dila13_001_lvd

        

image of Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis, Slender Crabgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_syfi2_001_lvd

        

image of Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis, Slender Crabgrass

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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