Poaceae
Slender crabgrass
Digitaria filiformis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Digitaria filiformisPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Slender crabgrass, Caribbean crabgrass
Synonyms
- Agrostis amaicensis Poir.
- Digitaria dolichophylla Henrard
- Digitaria filiformis var. dolichophylla (Henrard) Wipff
- Digitaria filiformis var. filiformis
- Digitaria filiformis var. laeviglumis (Fernald) Wipff
- Digitaria laeviglumis Fernald
- Panicum filiferum Garcke ex Sagorski & Gus.Schneid.
- Panicum filiforme L.
- Paspalum filiforme (L.) Flüggé
- Paspalum furcatum var. filiforme (L.) Döll
- Paspalum villosum Willd. ex Steud.
- Syntherisma filiforme (L.) Nash
- Syntherisma filiformis (L.) Nash
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.