Digitgrass

Digitaria eriantha

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• The grass-velds of Johannesburg suburbs: the Houghton Estate
• PlantZAfrica

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.	Supports birds Supports mammals Useful Medicinal Near water Sun Soil: sandy
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m.	Supports birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Useful Medicinal Sun Grass Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source
• (c) Matthew Fainman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matthew Fainman source
• (c) David Hoare, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by David Hoare source