Poaceae

Smooth crabgrass

Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Muhl.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Digitaria

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Common names

By language (18)

arz: ديجيتاريا اسكيموم
Belarusian: Расічка лінейная
Chinese: 止血馬唐, 止血马唐, 洋地黄
Czech: Rosička lysá
Dutch: Glad vingergras
English: Smooth crabgrass, Red millet, smooth finger-grass
Estonian: Liiv-paelhirss
Finnish: Nauhaverihirssi
French: Digitaire filiforme, Digitaire glabre, Digitaire filiforme, digitaire couchée, digitaire ischème
German: Kahle Fingerhirse, Niederliegende Fingerhirse, Faden-Fingerhirse, Kahle Fingerhirse, Kahle Fadenhirse
hsb: Ćeńka jahlička
Latvian: Lineārā pasāre
Norwegian Bokmål: Fingerhirse
Persian: پنجهکلاغ
Polish: Palusznik nitkowaty
Swedish: Fingerhirs
Ukrainian: Пальчатка звичайна
Welsh: Byswellt llyfn

Synonyms

Digitaria asiatica Tzvelev
Digitaria filiformis var. elongata Le Gall
Digitaria filiformis var. gracilis (Guss.) Fiori
Digitaria filiformis var. hirta (Junge) P.Fourn.
Digitaria filiformis var. prostrata (Asch. & Graebn.) Douin
Digitaria glabra (Schrad.) P.Beauv.
Digitaria glabra subsp. ambigua (Ces.) Arcang.
Digitaria glabra var. nana Tinant
Digitaria humifusa Pers.
Digitaria humifusa f. rubescens Opiz
Digitaria humifusa var. pubescens Opiz
Digitaria humifusa var. rubescens Opiz
Digitaria ischaemum f. gracillima (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
Digitaria ischaemum f. prostrata (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
Digitaria ischaemum f. rubescens (Opiz) Soó
Digitaria ischaemum var. ambigua Henrard
Digitaria ischaemum var. ischaemum
Digitaria ischaemum var. mississippiensis (Scribn.) Fernald
Digitaria ischaemum var. prostrata Henrard
Digitaria linearis Crép.
Digitaria linearis var. gracillima (Asch. & Graebn.) Podp.
Digitaria linearis var. prostrata (Asch. & Graebn.) Podp.
Digitaria paspaliformis J.Woods
Digitaria procumbens Steud.
Panicum arenarium M.Bieb.
Panicum distichum Gaudich. ex Steud.
Panicum distichum Gaudich. ex Steud.
Panicum glabrum Gaud.
Panicum glabrum var. lasiocarpum Boenn.
Panicum glabrum var. mississippiense Gatt.
Panicum glabrum var. prostratum (Asch. & Graebn.) Rouy
Panicum humifusum (Pers.) Kunth
Panicum ischaemum Schreb.
Panicum lineare Krock.
Panicum lineare f. gracillimum Asch. & Graebn.
Panicum lineare f. hirtum Junge
Panicum lineare var. mississippiense Gatt.
Panicum lineare var. mississippiensis (Scribn.) Beal
Panicum lineare var. prostratum Asch. & Graebn.
Panicum phaeocarpum var. drummondianum Nees

and 9 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Atha, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.