| Family |
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name |
Digitaria radicosa (Presl) Miquel |
| Synonyms |
Panicum radicosum J. Presl; Digitaria chinensis Hornemann var. hirsuta
(Honda) Ohwi; Digitaria formosana Rendle; Digitaria formosana var. hirsuta
(Honda) Henrard; Digitaria radicosa var. hirsuta (Honda) C. C. Hsu; Digitaria
tenuispica Rendle; Digitaria timorensis (Kunth) Balansa; Panicum formosanum
(Rendle) Makino & Nemoto; Panicum timorense Kunth; Syntherisma formosana
(Rendle) Honda; Syntherisma formosana var. hirsuta Honda |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ko-me-hisiba [small mehishiba (mehishiba = Digitaria ciliaris)] |
| (English common name) Timorese crabgrass, trailing crabgrass |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Madagascar |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=18, 72 |
| Description |
Culms 10-30cm. Leaves 4-7cm length, 4-8mm width. Flowers spikelets 2.8-3mm,
flowering in August to November. Annual plants. |
| Reference |
Digitaria radicosa (C. Presl) Miq. |
| Digitaria radicosa (J. Presl) Miquel |
