Poaceae
Asian crabgrass
Digitaria heterantha
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Digitaria heteranthaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 二型馬唐, 二型马唐, 粗穗馬唐, 粗穗马唐
- English
- Asian crabgrass
Synonyms
- Digitaria baliensis Ohwi
- Digitaria bantamensis Ohwi
- Digitaria dispar Henrard
- Digitaria heterantha subsp. aequabilis Henrard
- Digitaria heterantha subsp. meyeniana Henrard
- Digitaria heterantha var. hirtella L.C.Chia
- Digitaria heterantha var. holosericea Henrard
- Digitaria heterantha var. pachyrhachis (Hack.) Merr.
- Digitaria kanehirae Ohwi
- Digitaria longissima Mez
- Digitaria shimadana Ohwi
- Panicum heteranthum Nees & Meyen
- Panicum heteranthum var. pachyrhachis Hack.
- Paspalum heteranthum Hook.f.
- Syntherisma heteranthum Groff & B.C.Ding
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: 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.