Digitaria ischaemum

Digitaria ischaemum
Digitaria ischaemum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Digitaria
Species: D. ischaemum
Binomial name
Digitaria ischaemum
(Schreb.) Schreb. ex Muhl.
Synonyms

Panicum ischaemum
Syntherisma ischaemum

Digitaria ischaemum is a species of crabgrass known by the common names smooth crabgrass and small crabgrass. It is native to Europe and Asia, but it is known throughout much of the warm temperate world as an introduced species and often a common roadside and garden weed. It is an annual grass producing an inflorescence with two or more narrow branches lined with tiny spikelets.

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