Poaceae
Arizona cottontop
Digitaria californica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Arizona cottontop
Synonyms
- Digitaria californica var. californica
- Digitaria californica var. villosissima Henrard
- Eriachne rigida Phil.
- Panicum californicum Benth.
- Panicum friesii Hack. ex R.E.Fr.
- Panicum insulare var. lachnanthum Kuntze
- Panicum lachnanthum Torr.
- Panicum saccharatum Buckley
- Trichachne californica (Benth.) Chase ex Hitchc.
- Trichachne californica var. villosissima (Henrard) Wipff & Shaw
- Trichachne saccharata (Buckley) Nash
- Tricholaena saccharata (Buckley) Griseb.
- Valota saccharata (Buckley) Chase
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, 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.