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 Crabgrass
Poaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, Texas.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Mostly sunny area in disturbed rich soil at edge of scrub.
Description: Annual with weak spreading stems. Sheaths downy with swollen hairs. Inflorescence with 4-9 unbranched branches to 14 cm long, arranged radially in whorls. Spikelets 3 mm long. First glume minute, scalelike. Second glume 2 mm long.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Jul 5, 1995
Specimen number: 172
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1038
Accession Date: Aug 5, 1995
Accession Number: 84
Annotations: S-FXB (In fruit)