EPPO Global Database

Digitaria violascens(DIGVI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: DIGVI
  • Preferred name: Digitaria violascens
  • Authority: Link

Notes

Turkey, Caucasus, Western Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan, Tibet), Japan, Korea, New Guinea, Australia (Northern, Queensland, New South Wales). Introduced as a weed in southern Europe, Egypt, Tanzania, Madagascar, southern USA, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone)

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Digitaria digitata Büse
Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens (Link) Radford

Common names
Name Language
purpe-fruited fingergrass English
violet crabgrass English (US)
violette Fingerhirse German
akimehishiba Japanese
アキメヒシバ Japanese
zǐ mǎ táng Chinese
紫马唐 Chinese