Poaceae
Purple crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
Also known as Panicum steudelianum, Syntherisma violascens, Digitaria pertenuis, Panicum violascens var. remotiusculum
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Crabgrass · Tropical · Purple · Warm-Season · Collectors · Rare · Specialty · Seed-Heads · Ornamental
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.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately when soil surface is dry, avoid overwatering · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- 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: trefle, usda
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