Gewimperte Fingerhirse vs Violette Fingerhirse

Digitaria ciliaris compared with Digitaria violascens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gewimperte Fingerhirse	Violette Fingerhirse
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Poales (Süßgrasartige)	Poales (Süßgrasartige)
Family same	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus same	Digitaria	Digitaria
Species	Digitaria ciliaris	Digitaria violascens

Evolutionary Relationship

Gewimperte Fingerhirse and Violette Fingerhirse share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Digitaria.

Ansehen Genus: Digitaria

Conservation Status

Gewimperte Fingerhirse

NE — Not Evaluated

Violette Fingerhirse

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gewimperte Fingerhirse	Violette Fingerhirse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gewimperte Fingerhirse

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (18 countries), North America (10 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Violette Fingerhirse

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (7 countries), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (7 countries).

Gewimperte Fingerhirse

<em>Digitaria ciliaris</em>, commonly known as common crabgrass or southern crabgrass, is an annual grass in the family Poaceae. It has a near-cosmopolitan distribution, occurring across tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions on multiple continents. This species typically colonizes disturbed habitats including lawns, gardens, roadsides, cultivated fields, and waste ground, making it one of the most widespread grass weeds in the world. Common crabgrass spreads rapidly via its sprawling, branching stems that root at the nodes when they contact moist soil. It produces slender, finger-like racemes bearing small, paired spikelets. The species thrives in warm weather and full sun, declining with the onset of cooler autumn temperatures. While it is considered a troublesome weed in many agricultural and horticultural contexts, it also provides ground cover and food for various seed-eating birds. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.