Digitaria ischaemum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Muhl.

Smooth crabgrass

2006 Dean Wm. Taylor, Ph.D.

2006 Steve Matson

Digitaria ischaemum is an annual grasslike herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~107 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Digitaria
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Digitaria ischaemum var. mississippiensis
PLANTS	Panicum ischaemum
PLANTS	Syntherisma ischaemum

Information about Digitaria ischaemum from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (DIIS) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).