Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Digitaria ciliaris
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler
Southern Crabgrass
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: DICIUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Digitaria ciliaris
Southern Crab-Grass
Poaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, HelotesLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Partial shade under Juniperus ashei in rocky, stoney soil, with a fair amount of humus interspersed.
Description: Annual with weak upward-bent or spreading stems branching at base and rooting at lower nodes. Sheaths downy with swollen based hairs, blades 5-10 mm wide. Inflorescence four to nine unbranched branches to 14 mm long, radially arranged. Spikelets to 3.5 mm.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Nov 11, 1994
Specimen number: 142
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0988
Accession Date: Nov 23, 1994
Accession Number: 77
Annotations: S-FRB (In fruit) [=D. adcendens]