Digitaria sanguinalis

Digitaria sanguinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Digitaria
Species:	D. sanguinalis
Binomial name
	Digitaria sanguinalis; (L.) Scop.
Synonyms
	List * Asperella digitaria Lam. ; * Cynodon praecox (Walter) Roem. & Schult. ; * Dactilon sanguinale (L.) Vill. ; * Digitaria aegyptiaca Willd. ; * Digitaria australis Willd. ex Trin. nom. inval. ; Digitaria caucasica Henrard ; * Digitaria eriogona (Schrad.) Link ; * Digitaria gracilis Guss. ; * Digitaria intermedia Gennari ; * Digitaria nealleyi Henrard ; * Digitaria nervosa (Rottb.) Roem. & Schult. ; * Digitaria panicea Willd. ex Steud. nom. inval. ; * Digitaria pectiniformis (Henrard) Tzvelev ; * Digitaria pilosa Pieri nom. illeg. ; * Digitaria plebeia Phil. ; * Digitaria praecox (Walter) Willd. ; * Digitaria sabulosa Tzvelev ; * Digitaria sanguinaria Steud. nom. inval. ; * Digitaria sanguinea Weber [Spelling variant] ; * Digitaria sanguinolenta Edgew. ex Aitch. nom. inval. ; * Digitaria sienitica Trin. nom. inval. ; * Digitaria stricta Willd. ex Steud. nom. inval. ; * Digitaria tristachya Willd. ex Steud. nom. inval. ; * Digitaria vulgaris (Schrad.) Besser ; * Leptochloa fascicularis Griseb. ex Benth. nom. inval. ; * Milium membranaceum Moench ; * Panicum aegyptiacum Retz. nom. illeg. ; * Panicum aegyptium J.F.Gmel. [Spelling variant] ; * Panicum ambiguum Lapeyr. nom. inval. ; * Panicum eriogonum Schrad. ; * Panicum fallax Spreng. ; * Panicum gracile (Guss.) Nyman nom. illeg. ; * Panicum gussonii K.Richt. ; * Panicum nervosum Rottler nom. illeg. ; * Panicum rottleri Kunth ; * Panicum sanguinale L. ; * Panicum sanguineum Gueldenst. ; * Panicum sanguinolentum Edgew. ex Aitch. nom. inval. ; * Panicum trichostachyum Steud. nom. inval. ; * Paspalum aegyptiacum (Willd.) Poir. ; * Paspalum filiforme Steud. nom. inval. ; * Paspalum oxyanthum Steud. ; * Paspalum sanguinale (L.) Lam. ; * Sanguinaria nevenarae Bubani ; * Syntherisma praecox Walter ; * Syntherisma sanguinale (L.) Dulac ; * Syntherisma sanguinalis (L.) Dulac ; * Syntherisma vulgaris Schrad. ;

Digitaria sanguinalis is a species of grass known by several common names, including hairy crabgrass,^[2] hairy finger-grass,^[3] large crabgrass, crab finger grass, purple crabgrass.^[4] It is one of the better-known species of the genus Digitaria, and one that is known nearly worldwide as a common weed. It is used as animal fodder, and the seeds are edible and have been used as a grain in Germany and especially Poland, where it is sometimes cultivated.^[5] This has earned it the name Polish millet.^[6]

^ "Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 February 2015 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Digitaria sanguinalis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ "Digitaria sanguinalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
^ Georgia, Ada E. 1914. A Manual of Weeds. The Macmillan Company. Digitaria sanguinalis section
^ Polish millet - Merriam-Webster Online(subscription required)

[1] "Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 February 2015 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Digitaria sanguinalis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

[BSBI07-3] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[GRIN-4] "Digitaria sanguinalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

[5] Georgia, Ada E. 1914. A Manual of Weeds. The Macmillan Company. Digitaria sanguinalis section

[6] Polish millet - Merriam-Webster Online(subscription required)

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