Large Crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis)

Origin: Native to North America
Use: Annual, warm season, hairy, native grass.
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Plant Description:
General   
Life Span  Annual
Growth Form  Low-growing spreading, hairy and pale green annual.
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40" Rows:  Broadcast: 
 
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Soil texture  Sandy: 
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Cold Tolerance: High
General  low-growing spreading, hairy and pale green annual
ID Features: Leaves rolled in the bud-shoot. Sheath compressed, pilose, green but sometimes purplish-veined, split with margins hyaline. Auricles absent. Collar broad, distinct, sparsely hairy, divided by midrib. Ligule membranous, 0.5 to 2.0 mm. long, acute, undulate or toothed, often reddish. Blade 4 to 10 mm. wide, 5 to 15 cm. long, flat, soft, drooping, often puckered, sharp-pointed, green, not ridged, pilose on both surfaces with a few longer hairs at base on upper surface; midrib prominent on lower surface; margins scabrous.
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