Poaceae

Hairy crabgrass

Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Digitaria

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Hairy crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis) — FlowerPhoto: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)

Afrikaans: Kruisvingergras, Kruisgras
Arabic: دفرة
Belarusian: Расічка крывяная, Расічка крывава-чырвоная
Bulgarian: Кървава росичка
Cantonese: 馬唐
Catalan: Panissalla, Peu de poll, Xereix aferradís
Chinese: 馬唐, 马唐, 马鹿草
csb: Krwawô palësznica
Czech: Rosička krvavá
Dutch: Harig vingergras, Bloedgierst
English: Hairy crabgrass, Crab-grass, hairy finger-grass, Crab finger grass, Crab fingergrass, Crabgrass
Estonian: Verev paelhirss
Finnish: Rikkaverihirssi
French: Digitaire sanguine, Manne rouge d'Europe, Millet sanguin
German: Blutrote Fingerhirse, Bluthirse, Digitaire sanguine
hsb: Čerwjena jahlička
lah: تکڑی گھاہ
Latvian: Asinssarkanā pasāre
Lithuanian: Digitaire sanguine
Norwegian Bokmål: Blodhirse
Persian: پنجهکلاغ هرز
Polish: Palusznik krwawy, Proso krwawe
Punjabi: ਤੱਕੜੀ ਘਾਹ
Russian: Росичка кроваво-красная, Росичка кровяная
Spanish: Dactylon sanguinale, Escobilla blanda, Grama sanguina, Guarda rocio, Guarda rocío, Mijeras, Sangradera de caballo, Yerba de mal ano
Swedish: Blodhirs, Digitaire sanguine
Turkish: Büyük yengeç otu
Ukrainian: Пальчатка кров'яна
Welsh: Byswellt blewog

Synonyms

Asperella digitaria Lam.
Cynodon praecox (Walter) Roem. & Schult.
Dactilon sanguinale (L.) Vill.
Digitaria aegyptiaca Willd.
Digitaria aegyptiaca subsp. caucasica (Henrard) Tzvelev
Digitaria australis Willd. ex Trin.
Digitaria caucasica Henrard
Digitaria ciliaris f. intercedens Beck
Digitaria ciliaris var. intercedens Beck
Digitaria eriogona (Schrad.) Link
Digitaria gracilis Guss.
Digitaria intermedia Gennari
Digitaria ischaemum var. esculenta Gaudin
Digitaria ischaemum var. praecox (Walter) Heynh.
Digitaria nealleyi Henrard
Digitaria nervosa Roem. & Schult.
Digitaria panicea Willd. ex Steud.
Digitaria pectiniformis (Henrard) Tzvelev
Digitaria pilosa Pieri
Digitaria plebeia Phil.
Digitaria praecox (Walter) Willd.
Digitaria sabulosa Tzvelev
Digitaria sanguinalis f. chlorantha (Kuntze) Soó
Digitaria sanguinalis f. composita (Waisb.) Soó
Digitaria sanguinalis f. illinoensis Ebinger
Digitaria sanguinalis f. intercedens (Beck) Soó
Digitaria sanguinalis f. sanguinalis
Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. aegyptiaca (Willd.) Henrard
Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. pakistanica Gilani, Mir A.Khan & Shinwari
Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. pectiniformis Henrard
Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. sabulosa (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. sanguinalis
Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. vulgaris (Schrad.) Henrard
Digitaria sanguinalis var. aegyptiaca (Retz.) Abdallah & Sa'ad
Digitaria sanguinalis var. biverticillata A.Reyn.
Digitaria sanguinalis var. eriogona (Schrad.) Henrard
Digitaria sanguinalis var. frumentacea Henrard
Digitaria sanguinalis var. gracilis (Guss.) Henrard
Digitaria sanguinalis var. pakistanica Gilani, Mir A.Khan & Shinwari
Digitaria sanguinalis var. rottleri (Hook.f.) Prain

and 52 more.

Flowers

In flower: January, July to September (from 186 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Stephen Thorpe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: insaurralde luis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: lee kikitte, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Marcin Dyderski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.