Poaceae
African couchgrass
Digitaria abyssinica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- African couchgrass
- Swahili
- Sangari
- Swedish
- Abessinsk fingerhirs
Synonyms
- Dichanthium scalarum (Schweinf.) Gilliland
- Digitaria abyssinica var. micrantha Peter
- Digitaria abyssinica var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Stapf
- Digitaria ciliaris Vanderyst
- Digitaria effusa Veldkamp
- Digitaria eichingeri Mez
- Digitaria hackelii Stapf
- Digitaria hentyi Veldkamp
- Digitaria lemeeana A.Camus
- Digitaria merkeri Mez
- Digitaria mutica Rendle
- Digitaria scalarum (Schweinf.) Chiov.
- Digitaria scalarum var. elgonensis C.E.Hubb. & Snowden
- Digitaria somalensis Chiov.
- Digitaria tangaensis Henrard
- Digitaria velutina var. glabrescens Gilli
- Digitaria vestita Fig. & De Not.
- Digitaria vestita subvar. elgonensis (C.E.Hubb. & Snowden) Henrard
- Digitaria vestita var. scalarum (Schweinf.) Henrard
- Panicum abyssinicum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Panicum hackelii Pilg.
- Panicum kafuroense K.Schum.
- Panicum kafuroensis K.Schum.
- Panicum muticum Link
- Panicum scalarum Schweinf.
- Panicum scalarum var. elatius Chiov.
- Syntherisma abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Newbould
- Syntherisma abyssinicum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Newbold
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.