Digitaria radicosa




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



November 2006 at riverside November 2006 at riverside



November 2006 at riverside November 2006 at riverside



November 2006 at riverside November 2006 at riverside