Digitaria californica (Benth.) Henrard

Arizona cottontop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Digitaria

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 1.2m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

Light 7-8
Soil humidity 2-3
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 7-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use gene source
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Digitaria californica unspecified picture

Distribution

Digitaria californica world distribution map, present in Aruba, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Digitaria californica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:80220-2
WFO ID wfo-0000863790
COL ID 363D8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Panicum californicum Panicum saccharatum Trichachne californica Valota saccharata Panicum lachnanthum Trichachne saccharata Digitaria californica Eriachne rigida Panicum friesii Digitaria californica var. villosissima Panicum insulare var. lachnanthum Tricholaena saccharata Digitaria californica var. californica