Poaceae
Velvet crabgrass
Digitaria velutina
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Digitaria velutinaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Velvet crabgrass
Synonyms
- Digitaria divaricata Henrard
- Digitaria fenestrata (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Rendle
- Digitaria ulugurensis Pilg.
- Digitaria zeyheri (Nees) Henrard
- Panicum abyssinicum var. setigerum Chiov.
- Panicum fenestratum Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Panicum forskaolii C.Chr.
- Panicum psilostachyum Hochst. ex T.Durand & Schinz
- Panicum sanguinale var. cognatum Schweinf.
- Panicum sanguinale var. fenestratum (A.Rich.) Schweinf.
- Panicum zeyheri Nees
- Phalaris velutina Forssk.
- Phleum velutinum Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.