Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Digitaria Haller

Origin: native & introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Digitaria Mich., Leptoloma Chase, Syntherisma Walt

Common names:

Crabgrass [Crab grass, Crab-grass] (1818-Present) (1, 7, 10, 50, 93, 110)

Crop grass (1828) (7)

Fall witch grass [Fall witchgrass] (1932) (1)

Finger grass [Finger-grass, Fingergrass] (1942) (155)