Digitaria dolichophylla Henrard. Common name: Caribbean Crabgrass. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Pine rocklands, coastal strands, disturbed areas. Distribution: S. FL; allegedly also in Cuba and PR (but these may not be conspecific).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: See Wipff (1996b) for additional discussion. Nichols et al. (2024) reevaluated the taxonomy of the Digitaria filiformis complex; we follow their decision to treat this taxon at species rank.
Synonymy ⓘ: = SFla, Nichols et al (2024); = Digitaria filiformis (L.) Koeler var. dolichophylla (Henrard) Wipff — FlGr, FNA25, K4, NS, WH3, Wipff (1996b); < Digitaria filiformis (L.) Koeler — POWO. Basionym: Digitaria dolichophylla Henrard 1934
Links to other floras: = Digitaria filiformis var. dolichophylla - FNA25
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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