Digitaria ciliaris

Tropical Finger-grass

As recorded: Digitaria henryi Rendle

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae

Collected by: Newell, C.L.
Collector number: 595
Date: August 26, 1966
Locality: Located down Chain of Craters Rd about 25.9 mi toward Kalapana from intersection with Crater Rim Rd, 1.1 mi before Kamoamoa picnic area. Plant was 100 m WNW of highway pulloff. (plot 28)
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii, United States
Elevation: 30 m
Identified by: Faccenda, K.
Record type: Preserved specimen

316 Bishop specimens of Digitaria ciliaris · collected 1902–2025Species page ›

Collected the same day

On August 26, 1966, Newell, C.L. also collected 11 other specimens.

Fimbristylis cymosa

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Fimbristylis hawaiiensis

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Heteropogon contortus

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Nephrolepis brownii

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Nephrolepis brownii

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Osteomeles anthyllidifolia

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Psidium guajava

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Schinus terebinthifolia

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Wikstroemia sandwicensis

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Wikstroemia sandwicensis

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Wikstroemia sandwicensis

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Digitaria ciliaris observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1966. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 130 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-29.