Grass family (Poaceae) ⁶

Summary ⁷

Digitaria sanguinalis is a species of grass known by several common names, including hairy crabgrass, hairy finger-grass, large crabgrass, crab finger grass, purple crabgrass. It is one of the better-known species of the genus Digitaria, and one that is known nearly worldwide as a common weed. It is used as animal fodder, and the seeds are edible and have been used as a grain in Germany and especially Poland, where it is sometimes cultivated

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Cornell Weed Identification, Cornell University.

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1. (c) aarongunnar, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by aarongunnar, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7559305
2. (c) Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Janet Wright, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/167179000
3. (c) Věra Kafková, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Věra Kafková, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177811219
4. (c) Robert H. Wardell, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Robert H. Wardell, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173432887
5. (c) Christopher David Benda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Christopher David Benda, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176714165
6. (c) Isaac Winkler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
7. Adapted by Isaac Winkler from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitaria_sanguinalis

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