Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Panicum sanguinale L.
• (≡) Syntherisma sanguinale (L.) Dulac

Common names:

• crab finger grass  (Source: Grass SAfr) - English
• hairy crabgrass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• hairy finger grass  (Source: BSBI) - English
• hairy summer grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• large crabgrass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• purple crabgrass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• summer grass  (Source: Aust Pl Common Names) - English
• ābu rokba  (Source: F Egypt) - Arabic
• large crab grass  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• manne terrestre  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• panic sanguin  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• digitaire sanguine  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Bluthirse  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• garrachuelo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• blodhirs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (for hay) forage
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt, [Sinai] Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.), Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Hungary, Slovakia
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)


Naturalized

Africa

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• Canada, Mexico, United States

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.]
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14103. Accessed 1 July 2024.