Digitaria horizontalis Willdenow. Common name: Jamaican Crabgrass. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Roadsides, sandy areas, other disturbed areas. Distribution: Uncertain if native in c. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies, Mexico south to South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FlGr, FNA25, K4, Mex, NS, POWO, SFla, WH3; = n/a — RAB; = Syntherisma setosum (Desv.) Nash — S13. Basionym: Digitaria horizontalis Willd. 1809
Links to other floras: = Digitaria horizontalis - FNA25
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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