Digitaria horizontalis Willd.

Jamaican crabgrass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Digitaria

Characteristics

Similar in habit, size, and pubescence to D. sanguinalis, the blades usually more densely pilose; racemes slender, approximate on a short axis rather than digitate, the rachis 0.4 mm. wide, very narrowly winged, with a few scattered, spreading, long white hairs; spikelets 2 mm. long; first glume minute or wanting; second glume about half as long as the fruit, sparsely villous at the tip; sterile lemma sub-glabrous or sparsely pilose or villous on the margins, the hairs short.
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A grass. It is as erect annual herb. It grows 20-50 cm tall. The seeds are about 0.8 mm long
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 1.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows between 150-1,200 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food gene source medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Antifertility (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Digitaria horizontalis world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Central African Republic, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Myanmar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Seychelles, Togo, Tonga, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, and Samoa

Conservation status

Digitaria horizontalis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329014-2
WFO ID wfo-0000864035
COL ID 363JP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629557
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Synonyms

Digitaria horizontalis Digitaria reflexa Panicum hamiltonii Panicum porranthum Panicum umbraticola Panicum stipatum Paspalum distans Digitaria umbrosa Digitaria setosa Digitaria umbraticola Digitaria undulata Syntherisma setosa Panicum horizontale Digitaria horizontalis var. porrhantha Digitaria sanguinalis var. horizontalis Panicum sanguinale subsp. horizontale Panicum sanguinale var. horizontale Panicum sanguinale var. porranthum Panicum redemptum Panicum sanguinale var. filiforme Digitaria horizontalis var. porrantha