Poaceae

Carolina crabgrass

Digitaria pubiflora (Vasey) Wipff

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Digitaria

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Carolina crabgrass (Digitaria pubiflora) — Photo: Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Carolina crabgrass

Synonyms

Digitaria ciliata subsp. pubiflora (Vasey) Wipff
Leptoloma pubiflorum (Vasey) Wipff & Shaw
Leptoloma pubiflorum var. syrticola (Wipff & Shaw) Allred
Leptoloma syrticola Wipff & Shaw
Panicum autumnale var. pubiflorum Vasey

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.