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Indian crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora (Retz.) Pers.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Digitaria

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
長花馬唐, 长花马唐
English
Indian crabgrass

Synonyms

  • Agrostis lenta Aiton
  • Agrostis triracemosa Roxb. ex Hook.f.
  • Anastrophus nematanthus Schltdl. ex B.D.Jacks.
  • Digitaria corradii Chiov.
  • Digitaria curvipes Mez
  • Digitaria eriolepis Henrard
  • Digitaria filiculmis (Nees ex Miq.) Ohwi
  • Digitaria flexilis Henrard
  • Digitaria friesii Pilg.
  • Digitaria hatusimae Ohwi
  • Digitaria longiflora var. elatior Hack. ex Henrard
  • Digitaria longiflora var. prorepens Henrard
  • Digitaria malesiae Ohwi
  • Digitaria oblongo-ovata Ohwi
  • Digitaria preslii (Kunth) Henrard
  • Digitaria preslii var. glabrata Henrard
  • Digitaria propinqua (R.Br.) P.Beauv.
  • Digitaria pseudo-durva var. minus (Nees) Miq.
  • Digitaria roxburghii Spreng.
  • Digitaria speciosa Henrard
  • Digitaria tenuiflora (R.Br.) P.Beauv.
  • Milium filiforme Roxb.
  • Milium radiatum Rottler ex Hook.f.
  • Milium triracemosum Roxb. ex Hook.f.
  • Panicum longiflorum J.F.Gmel.
  • Panicum parvulum Trin.
  • Panicum parvulum Trin.
  • Panicum propinquum R.Br.
  • Panicum pseudo-durva var. gracillima Nees
  • Panicum pseudodurva var. gracillimum Nees
  • Panicum pseudodurva var. minus Nees
  • Panicum tenuiflorum R.Br.
  • Paspalum argenteum Vanderyst
  • Paspalum bifarium Edgew.
  • Paspalum brevifolium Flüggé
  • Paspalum brevifolium var. propinquum (R.Br.) Benth.
  • Paspalum filiculme Nees ex Miq.
  • Paspalum longiflorum Retz.
  • Paspalum nematodes Schult.
  • Paspalum preslii Kunth

and 4 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: 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.