Digitaria bakeri (Nash) Fernald. Common name: Baker's Crabgrass. Phenology: Sep-Nov. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and dry, sandy pastures. Distribution: C. FL; alleged to be conspecific with plants native from Mexico to Panama (Wipff 2003e; Hall 2019).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: We here treat the FL plants as native, and as conspecific with the plants in s. Mexico south to Panama; all parts of this assumption need assessment.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FlGr, FNA25, NS, POWO; = Syntherisma bakeri Nash — HC, S13; < Digitaria gracillima (Scribn.) Fernald — K4, WH3. Basionym: Syntherisma bakeri Nash 1898
Links to other floras: = Digitaria bakeri - FNA25
Show parent genus | Show parent in key(s)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.
Feedback
See something wrong or missing on about Digitaria bakeri? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months. If a species is not keyed, that's because keying is ongoing. Please don't send us feedback about unkeyed species.
Horticultural Information
No horticultural data found for this taxon.