Digitaria horizontalis
Hay Grass, Jamaican Crabgrass
Also known as: Digitaria horizontalis var. porrantha (Steud.) Henrard +17 more
- Digitaria horizontalis var. porrantha (Steud.) Henrard
- Digitaria horizontalis var. porrhantha (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. & Vaughan
- Digitaria pruriens var. tahitiensis Henrard, 1950
- Digitaria reflexa Schumach.
- Digitaria sanguinalis f. umbraticola Henrard
- Digitaria sanguinalis subsp. fma (L.) Scop.
- Digitaria sanguinalis var. horizontalis (Willd.) Rendle
- Digitaria setigera var. microbachne (C.Presl) Fosberg
- Digitaria setosa Desv.
- Digitaria setosa Desv. ex Ham.
- Digitaria umbraticola Döll
- Digitaria undulata Schrank ex Steud.
- Lasiolytrum pilosum Steud.
- Panicum hamiltonii Kunth
- Panicum horizontale (Willd.) G.Mey.
- Panicum microbachne C.Presl
- Panicum porranthum Steud.
- Panicum redemptum Chiov.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a annual or perennial.
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Originating in Africa, North America, and South America, Digitaria horizontalis (commonly known as Hay Grass or Jamaican Crabgrass) is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the Poaceae family. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Grass
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Plant Type
Annual
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Macaronesia, Mexico, Northern South America, Southeastern U.S.A., Southern South America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Is., Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Galápagos, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Surinam, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is., Zaïre
Introduced Range
Plants flagged as 'Introduced' have been transported outside their native historical range by human activity. While many are common ornamentals, some may become naturalized or invasive in local environments. Local ecological guidelines require verification prior to planting.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Alabama, Aldabra, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Chagos Archipelago, Comoros, Germany, Hawaii, Madagascar, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mississippi, Myanmar, North Caucasus, Rodrigues, Réunion, Samoa, Seychelles, Society Is., South Carolina, Tanzania, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Vietnam