Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
Panicum sanguinale Linnaeus
Syntherisma sanguinale (Linnaeus) Dulac
Digitaria sanguinalis is an annual with the inflorescence on a short pedicel. The
leaf blades have stiff hairs with small reddish bases. The lower lemma has hairy lateral nerves.
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Digitaria sanguinalis, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Peak, Oct. 6, 2007
Digitaria sanguinalis, detail of spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Knight Peak, Oct. 6, 2007
Digitaria sanguinalis, blades with stiff hairs with reddish bases, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Burro Mtns., Pancho Canyon, Nov. 17, 2007
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