Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Digitaria sanguinalis |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | digitaria; digit-grass; digitgrass; digit grass |
| Species common name(s) | red-hair crab-grass; redhair crab-grass; red-hair crabgrass; redhair crabgrass; hairy crab-grass; hairy crab grass; northern crab-grass; northern crab grass; northern crabgrass; crab finger-grass; crab finger grass; crab fingergrass; Polish millet; mock sandburr |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | hairy crabgrass, large crabgrass, hairy fingergrass, hairy finger-grass, hairy finger grass, purple crabgrass, common crabgrass, common crab-grass, common crab grass are applied to multiple Digitaria taxa; witch grass, crowfoot grass, crowfoot-grass, crowfootgrass, crow-foot grass, crow foot grass, crowsfoot grass, crow's-foot grass, crow's foot grass, fingergrass, finger-grass, finger grass, pigeon grass, pigeon-grass, pigeongrass, crop grass, summer grass, summer-grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; crabgrass, crab-grass, crab grass, witchgrass, witch-grass, witch grass, crowfoot, crow-foot, crow foot, crow's foot, crowsfoot are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Syntherisma sanguinalis (L.) Dulac.; Panicum sanguinale L. |
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