Poaceae
Digitgrass
Digitaria eriantha
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Smutsvingergras, Vingergras
- Chinese
- 俯仰马唐, 盤固草
- English
- Digitgrass, Common finger grass, Digit grass, Pangola grass, Woolly finger grass
- French
- Pangola
Synonyms
- Digitaria bechuanica (Stent) Henrard
- Digitaria commutata subsp. eriantha (Steud.) Maire
- Digitaria decumbens Stent
- Digitaria dinteri Henrard
- Digitaria eriantha subsp. pentzii (Stent) Kok
- Digitaria eriantha subsp. stolonifera (Stapf) Kok
- Digitaria eriantha subsp. transvaalensis Kok
- Digitaria eriantha var. stolonifera Stapf
- Digitaria geniculata Stent
- Digitaria glauca Stent
- Digitaria glauca var. bechuanica Stent
- Digitaria hiascens Mez
- Digitaria livida Henrard
- Digitaria nemoralis Henrard
- Digitaria pentzii Stent
- Digitaria pentzii var. minor Stent
- Digitaria pentzii var. stolonifera (Stapf) Henrard
- Digitaria smutsii Stent
- Digitaria stentiana Henrard
- Digitaria stentiana var. bechuanica (Stent) Henrard
- Digitaria umfolozi D.W.Hall
- Digitaria valida Stent
- Digitaria valida var. glauca Stent
- Syntherisma erianthum (Steud.) Newbold
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, 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.