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Digitaria villosa (Walter) Persoon. Common name: Shaggy Crabgrass. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, glades, dry prairies, dry hammocks, dunes, sandy fields, roadsides, other disturbed habitats. Distribution: VA, TN, IL, and MO south to s. FL and TX; Mexico and Central America; West Indies.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Nichols et al. (2024) reevaluated the taxonomy of the Digitaria filiformis complex; we follow their decision to treat D. villosa at species rank.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, HC, Il, K4, NcTx, POWO, SFla, Va, Nichols et al (2024); = Digitaria filiformis (L.) Koeler var. villosa (Walter) Fernald — Ar, C, ETx1, F, FlGr, FNA25, G, Mo1, NS, RAB, Tat, Wipff (1996b); = Syntherisma villosa Walter — S; = Syntherisma villosum Walter — S13; < Digitaria filiformis (L.) Koeler — Tn, Tx. Basionym: Syntherisma villosum Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Digitaria filiformis var. villosa - FNA25

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