Crabgrass

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Name (Latin)
Crabgrass
Other forms of name
Crab grass
Crabgrasses
Digitaria
Finger grass
Fingergrass
See Also From tracing topical name
Grasses
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q163915
Library of congress: sh 85033699
Sources of Information
  • Web. 3(crabgrass: def. 1a any of several grasses of the genus Digitaria)
  • Am. Heritage dict.(crabgrass or crab grass)
  • Britannica Macro.(crabgrass or finger grass, common name for about 300 species of the genus Digitaria (family Poaceae))
  • SPN(Crabgrass; Digitaria; see also fingergrass)
  • Hortus 3(Digitaria; Crabgrass; Finger grass)
  • Turgeon, A.J. Turfgrass management, 1991:p. 234 (crabgrasses)
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Wikipedia description:

Digitaria is a genus of plants in the grass family native to tropical and warm temperate regions but can occur in tropical, subtropical, and cooler temperate regions as well. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are slender monocotyledonous annual and perennial lawn, pasture, and forage plants; some are often considered lawn pests. Digitus is the Latin word for "finger", and they are distinguished by the long, finger-like inflorescences they produce.

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