Digitaria violascens

Digitaria violascens Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 229 (1827) (syn: Digitaria ischaemum var. violascens (Link) Radford; ≡ Panicum violascens (Link) Kunth; ≡ Syntherisma violascens (Link) Nash; Digitaria bogoriensis Ohwi; Digitaria caespitosa Ridl. (Ambiguous); ≡ Digitaria ropalotricha var. villosa (Keng) Tuyama; ≡ Digitaria violascens var. villosa Keng; Digitaria chinensis (Nees) A.Camus (unacceptable) (Ambiguous); ≡ Paspalum chinense Nees; ≡ Syntherisma chinensis (Nees) Hitchc.;Digitaria digitata Buse (Ambiguous);≡ Panicum digitatum (Buse) Hook.f. ex Koord. (Ambiguous);Digitaria fusca (J.Presl) Merr. (unacceptable) (Ambiguous);≡ Paspalum fuscum J.Presl; ≡ Syntherisma fusca (J.Presl) Scribn.; Digitaria ischaemum f. lasiophylla (Honda) Hiyama;Digitaria ischaemum var. asiatica Ohwi;Digitaria ischaemum var. intersita Ohwi;≡ Digitaria violascens var. intersita (Ohwi) Ohwi ;Digitaria ischaemum var. lasiophylla (Honda) Ohwi ;≡ Digitaria violascens var. lasiophylla (Honda) Tuyama ;≡ Syntherisma ischaemum var. lasiophylla Honda ; Digitaria pertenuis Buse ; ≡ Panicum pertenue (Buse) Boerl. ; ≡ Paspalum pertenue (Buse) Backer ;Digitaria pertenuis var. glabra (Boerl.) Ohwi; ≡ Panicum pertenue var. glabrum Boerl.;Digitaria pseudodurva Nees ex Schltdl. ;Digitaria recta Hughes; Digitaria thwaitesii var. tonkinensis Henrard; Panicum pseudoduroa Nees ; Panicum pseudodurva Nees; ≡ Panicum pseudodurva var. majus Nees; Panicum pseudoischaemum var. elongatum Boerl.; Panicum steudelianum Domin;Panicum violascens var. glabrescens Döll; Panicum violascens var. remotiusculum Döll ;Paspalum minutiflorum Steud. (unacceptable) ;Paspalum pseudodurva Nees ex Baker ; Reimaria purpurascens Link;Syntherisma helleri Nash);
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Identify the grass 07102025: 1 high res. image.
Habitat: Rocky

Habit: Herb
Loc: Abhera Biological Park Kota
Date: 07102025


Looks like Digitaria violascens


 


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References:
Catalogue of Life  Flora of China  FOC illustration  Flora of Pakistan   Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Flora Online  iNaturalist

Updated on October 11, 2025

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