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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Digitaria violascens   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria violascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Digitaria violascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Digitaria violascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Digitaria violascens

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

 

COMMON NAME:
violet crabgrass


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image of Digitaria violascens, violet crabgrass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_divi2_001_lhd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Digitaria violascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Digitaria violascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Digitaria violascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Digitaria violascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Digitaria violascens

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4306

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Sandy fields, roadsides, and woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

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

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall

Inflorescence composed of 2-6 ascending spikelike racemes

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grain

 

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