Poaceae
Yellow crabgrass
Digitaria fuscescens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Digitaria fuscescensPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yellow crabgrass
Synonyms
- Digitaria pseudoischaemum Buse
- Panicum pseudoischaemum (Buse) Boerl.
- Paspalum fuscescens J.Presl
- Paspalum micranthum Desv.
- Syntherisma fuscescens (J.Presl) Scribn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
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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.