PLANTS Profile for Digitaria violascens (violet crabgrass)

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Digitaria violascens Link
violet crabgrass

Symbol:

DIVI2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I

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Line Drawing of Digitaria violascens Link

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Images:
Digitaria violascens Link

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Synonyms:
Digitaria violascens Link

	DICH8	Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A. Camus
	DIISV	Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl. var. violascens (Link) Radford
	SYCH	Syntherisma chinensis (Nees) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Digitaria violascens Link


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, HI, IN, KY, LA, MA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Digitaria violascens Link

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 68 species in Digitaria

Classification:
Digitaria violascens Link

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Digitaria Haller – crabgrass
Species	Digitaria violascens Link – violet crabgrass

Introduced Information:
Digitaria violascens Link

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Digitaria violascens Link

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Digitaria violascens Link

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502065.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 08:15 AM MDT