Purple crabgrass

Digitaria violascens

Digitaria

Poaceae

Tropical Plants

Zone 4–9

🐾 Pet-Safe

🌱 Beginner Friendly

Purple crabgrass is a warm-season tropical grass with distinctive purple-tinged foliage and seed heads. It requires minimal maintenance and moderate watering in well-draining soil. This specialty grass is rarely available commercially and mainly grown by collectors of unusual grasses.

Care Requirements

Care Level

Low

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Growth Rate

Moderate

Mature Height

12″ – 30″

Soil

loam

Life Cycle

Perennial

Spacing

4″

Watering Schedule

Every 7-10 Days • Water Moderately When Soil Surface Is Dry, Avoid Overwatering

Soil pH

5.5 – 7.5

Temperature

-30° – 95°F

Mature Spread

up to 18″

Root Depth

Medium

Foliage

Fine

Propagation: Seed

Ecology & Origin

Native to

Afghanistan

Alabama

Andaman Is.

Argentina Northeast

Arkansas

Assam

Bahamas

Bangladesh

Bermuda

Borneo

Brazil North

Brazil Northeast

Brazil South

Brazil Southeast

Cambodia

Canary Is.

Caroline Is.

China North-Central

China South-Central

China Southeast

Attracts

🐝 Birds

Sources

Data: trefle, usda

Image: trefle.io — Taken Apr 17, 2019 by OTS - J. González (cc-by-nc-sa)

Hardiness Zones

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