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Digitaria sanguinale (Digitaria sanguinale)

Description

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.This has earned it the name Polish Millet.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Poales