Poaceae
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Digitaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 紫果馬唐, 紫马唐, 五指草, 紫馬唐, 紫果马唐
- English
- Violet crabgrass
- Japanese
- アキメヒシバ
Synonyms
- Digitaria bogoriensis Ohwi
- Digitaria caespitosa Ridl.
- Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A.Camus
- Digitaria digitata Buse
- Digitaria fusca (J.Presl) Merr.
- Digitaria ischaemum f. lasiophylla (Honda) Hiyama
- Digitaria ischaemum var. asiatica Ohwi
- Digitaria ischaemum var. intersita Ohwi
- Digitaria ischaemum var. lasiophylla (Honda) Ohwi
- Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens (Link) Radford
- Digitaria pertenuis Buse
- Digitaria pertenuis var. glabra (Boerl.) Ohwi
- Digitaria pseudodurva Nees ex Schltdl.
- Digitaria recta Hughes
- Digitaria ropalotricha var. villosa (Keng) Tuyama
- Digitaria thwaitesii var. tonkinensis Henrard
- Digitaria violascens var. intersita (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Digitaria violascens var. lasiophylla (Honda) Tuyama
- Digitaria violascens var. villosa Keng
- Panicum digitatum (Buse) Hook.f. ex Koord.
- Panicum pertenue (Buse) Boerl.
- Panicum pertenue var. glabrum Boerl.
- Panicum pseudo-ischaemum var. elongatum Boerl.
- Panicum pseudoduroa Nees
- Panicum pseudodurva Nees
- Panicum pseudodurva var. majus Nees
- Panicum pseudoischaemum var. elongatum Boerl.
- Panicum steudelianum Domin
- Panicum violascens (Link) Kunth
- Panicum violascens var. glabrescens Döll
- Panicum violascens var. remotiusculum Döll
- Paspalum chinense Nees
- Paspalum fuscum J.Presl
- Paspalum minutiflorum Steud.
- Paspalum pertenue (Buse) Backer
- Paspalum pseudodurva Nees ex Baker
- Reimaria purpurascens Link
- Syntherisma chinense Hitchc.
- Syntherisma chinensis (Nees) Hitchc.
- Syntherisma fusca (J.Presl) Scribn.
and 3 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Macleay Grass Man, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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.