Poaceae
Argentinian crabgrass
Digitaria aequiglumis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- Dutch
- Argentijns vingergras
- English
- Argentinian crabgrass
- Swedish
- Argentinsk fingerhirs
Synonyms
- Digitaria aequiglumis var. aequiglumis
- Digitaria aequiglumis var. laetevirens (Mez) Henrard
- Digitaria campestris Henrard
- Digitaria chillanensis Henrard
- Digitaria laetevirens Mez
- Panicum aequiglume Hack. & Arechav.
- Panicum aequiglume var. aequiglume
- Panicum aequiglume var. tenerrimum Arechav.
- Panicum debile Phil.
- Panicum debile var. aequiglume (Hack. & Arechav.) Hack.
- Panicum ramosum Arechav.
- Panicum tridactylum Phil.
- Paspalum tridactylum Phil.
- Syntherisma aequiglume (Hack. & Arechav.) Hitchc.
- Syntherisma aequiglumis (Hack. & Arechav.) Hitchc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Filip Verloove, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J. Th. Henrard, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meise Botanic Garden Herbarium., CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.