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Digitaria violascens Link
violet crabgrass
Symbol: DIVI2
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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Click on this Line drawing of Digitaria violascens (violet crabgrass) to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Misc. Publ. No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Synonyms:
DIVI2 Digitaria violascens Link
 

DICH8

Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A. Camus
 

DIISV

Digitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl. var. violascens (Link) Radford
 

SYCH

Syntherisma chinensis (Nees) A.S. Hitchc.
More Information
About violet crabgrass

Link to plant Classification report for Digitaria violascens

Plant source and reference for Digitaria violascens

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State Distributional Map for DIVI2
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Plant Distribution by State

Digitaria violascens Link

DIVI2

See county distributions for the following states by clicking on them below or on the map.

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Kentucky distribution information North Carolina distribution information Tennessee distribution information linked offsite at Univerity of Tennessee Herbarium Arkansas distribution information South Carolina distribution information Florida distribution information linked offsite at USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Related Taxa:
Digitaria violascens Link

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 42 species in Digitaria

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Classification:
Digitaria violascens Link

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
                   Subclass Commelinidae –
                      Order Cyperales –
                         Family Poaceae – Grass family
                            Genus Digitaria Haller – crabgrass
                               Species Digitaria violascens Link – violet crabgrass

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Introduced Information:
Digitaria violascens Link
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

List of Invasive PlantsScientific Name = A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K| L| M| N| O| P| Q| R| S| T| U| V| W| X| Y| Z| all
List of Invasive PlantsCommon Name = A| B| C| D| E| F| G| H| I| J| K| L| M| N| O| P| Q| R| S| T| U| V| W| X| Y| Z| all
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Wetland Indicator Status:
Digitaria violascens Link
Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO FAC

Wetland Data InformationInterpreting wetland indicator status

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Digitaria violascens Link

View species account from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502065.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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