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Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.

hairy finger-grass (Poaceae / Gramineae)

 SpreadBias within British IslesDirection of bias
RestrictedVery strong tendencySE
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Digitaria sanguinalis is very similar in outward appearance to Cynodon dactylon, but its spikelets are flat-on to the spikes, not side-on, and the anthers are smaller.

Creuse (23), France; 2009-07-10

 hairy finger-grass / Digitaria sanguinalis: _Digitaria sanguinalis_ is very similar in outward appearance to _Cynodon dactylon_, but its spikelets are flat-on to the spikes, not side-on, and the anthers are smaller.

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