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Digitaria sanguinalis L.(Scop.)
A prostrate or ascending annual grass.
Common Name : Large crabgrass
Family : Poaceae
Prostrate, spreading, branched and rooting at
nodes.
3-20 cm long, 3-10 mm wide, with hairs on both
the surfaces. Sheaths hairy and closed Leaves
and sheaths may turn dark red or maroon with
age.
Seed head composed of 4-6 branches (spikes) at
the top of the stems, each approximately 3-15
cm long.
Caryopsis shiny, yellowish-brown, 2-3 mm
long.
Weed ID Manual 135