Crabgrass

Botanical Name: Digitaria sp.

Family: Poaceae

Life Cycle: Annual (spreads by seeds)

Defining Identification Characteristics:

• Leaves smooth to very hairy

• Hairs on sheath

• 3-5 seed heads (but as many as 13) clustered at top of stems

• Prostrate spreading form with rooting at nodes

Common habitat:

• Landscape gardens

• Turfgrass

Noxious Weed List/Legal Status:

Eradicate Control Restricted Specially Regulated Not Listed

Additional Information:

• Digitaria sanguinalis (Crabgrass)

• Large crabgrass – Digitaria sanguinalis - Plant & Pest Diagnostics

• Weed Gallery: Large crabgrass--UC