Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Digitaria// Species: Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from the Meditterranean to North Central and Northeast Africa, Central Asia, China and Malesia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Disturbed ground – cultivated land, roadsides, in and near settlements and other ruderal areas.

Flowering period:  Late summer to early fall: AUG, SEP.

 Digitaria sanguinalis – habit. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – habit. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – inflorescence. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – inflorescence. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – inflorescence. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – raceme with spikelets. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – racemes with spikelets. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – racemes with spikelets. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – racemes with spikelets. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – raceme with spikelets. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – raceme axis. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – axis of inflorescence with digitately arranged racemes. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – stem with leaf. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – leaves. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – stems with leaves. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – stems with leaves. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – adaxial side of leaf. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – adaxial side of leaf. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – abaxial side of leaf. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – abaxial side of leaf. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – stem and leaf with ligule. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – stem and leaf with ligule. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – ligule. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
 Digitaria sanguinalis – stem node. Kochani, 01.09.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:399115-1 [Accessed 01.09.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

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