Digitaria setigera

East Indian crabgrass

As recorded: Digitaria setigera Roth

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae

Collected by: Newell, C.L.
Collector number: 777
Date: September 3, 1966
Locality: End of Hilina Pali Rd, ca. 0.7 mi down Hilina Pali Switchback Trail. At left of trail just before first switchback. (plot 46b)
Island: Hawaiʻi Island
Region: Hawaii, United States
Elevation: 520 m
Identified by: Clayton, W.D.
Record type: Preserved specimen

345 Bishop specimens of Digitaria setigera · collected 1791–2024Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 3, 1966, Newell, C.L. also collected 14 other specimens.

Bidens pilosa

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Bulbostylis capillaris

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Digitaria fuscescens

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Digitaria setigera

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Erigeron sumatrensis

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Festuca myuros

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Galinsoga parviflora

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Grona triflora

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Nuttallanthus texanus

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Oxalis corniculata

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Portulaca oleracea

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Portulaca pilosa

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Salvia occidentalis

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Salvia occidentalis

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Digitaria setigera observed alive in Hawaiʻi

This specimen was collected in 1966. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 51 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-30.