Poaceae
Asian crab grass
Digitaria bicornis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 异马唐, 異馬唐
- English
- Asian crab grass, Asian crabgrass
Synonyms
- Digitaria barbata Willd.
- Digitaria barbulata Desv.
- Digitaria bicornis subsp. gamblei Henrard
- Digitaria bicornis subsp. lamarckiana Henrard
- Digitaria biformis Willd.
- Digitaria biformis subsp. desvauxii Henrard
- Digitaria biformis subsp. willdenowii Henrard
- Digitaria biformis var. biformis
- Digitaria biformis var. chrysoblepharis (Fig. & De Not.) Beetle
- Digitaria biformis var. rachiseta Bor
- Digitaria commutata Schult.
- Digitaria corymbosa subsp. marathensis Henrard
- Digitaria corymbosa subsp. marattensis Henrard
- Digitaria diversiflora Swallen
- Digitaria nuda subsp. senegalensis Henrard
- Digitaria queenslandica Henrard
- Digitaria rottleri Roem. & Schult.
- Digitaria sanguinalis f. barbata Henrard
- Digitaria sanguinalis f. commutata (Schult.) Haines
- Digitaria setigera subsp. marathensis (Henrard) Henrard ex Bor
- Digitaria setigera subsp. marattensis (Henrard) Bor
- Panicum adpressum Willd.
- Panicum appressum Kunth
- Panicum barbatum Kunth
- Panicum bicorne Kunth
- Panicum biforme Kunth
- Panicum ciliare A.Rich.
- Panicum commutatum Nees
- Panicum glaucescens Nees
- Panicum macrostachyum Hochst. ex T.Durand & Schinz
- Panicum neesii Kunth
- Panicum sanguinale var. barcaldinense Domin
- Panicum sanguinale var. biforme (Willd.) Hack. ex T.Durand. & Schinz
- Paspalum bicorne Lam.
- Paspalum sanguinale var. commutatum (Schult.) Hook.f.
- Syntherisma barbata (Willd.) Nash
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Breno Figueiredo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.