✿Poaceae · Digitaria
Asian Crabgrass
Digitaria bicornis
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Bihar & more
- Flowering
- March-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Digitaria bicornis
- Genus
- Digitaria
- Family
- Poaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, Scrub forests
- Distribution
- Tropics and sub-tropics
- Found in India
- Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Poaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit surface
- Smooth, not spinyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Grain
Characters marked “recorded” are for Asian Crabgrass itself; the rest are typical of the Poaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Asian Crabgrass
A member of the Poaceae family, Asian Crabgrass (Digitaria bicornis) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Bihar and 6 other states. It grows in deciduous forests, Scrub forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to December.
Botanical family
Poaceae
Grass family
Asian Crabgrass belongs to the Poaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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