Sourgrass (Digitaria insularis) – Care, Growing Guide & Benefits

SourgrassDigitaria insularis

Also known as Long Grass · Silky Grass · Sour Grass

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Sourgrass Names & Synonyms

Common names and botanical synonyms

Common Names

Long Grass
Silky Grass
Sour Grass
Sourgrass

Synonyms

Andropogon fabricii Henrard
Andropogon insularis L.
Digitaria leucophaea (Kunth) Stapf
Milium hirsutum P.Beauv.
Nardus dactyloides Roll.-Germ. ex Rottb.
Panicum duchaissingii Steud.
Panicum falsum Steud.
Panicum insulare (L.) G.Mey.
Rhynchospora fabri (Rottb.) Steud.
Schoenus fabri Rottb.
Syntherisma insularis (L.) Millsp.
Trichachne insularis (L.) Nees
Tricholaena insularis (L.) Griseb.
Tricholaena saccharoides Griseb.
Valota insularis (L.) Chase

Sourgrass Taxonomy

Botanical classification

Taxonomic classification of Sourgrass
Rank	Name
kingdom	Plantae
division	Tracheophyta
class	Liliopsida
order	Poales
family	Poaceae
genus	Digitaria
species	Digitaria insularis