[4] Digitaria porrecta grows up to 60cm (23.6in) tall and has linear leaves that range from 5-15cm (1.9-5.9in) in length.

Additionally, it occurs in the Central Highlands and from Jandowae to Warwick.

[4] In New South Wales, it occurs from Graman and Croppa Creek to the Liverpool Plains near Coonabarabran.

[4] The species is listed as rare by the Nature Conservation Act 1992.

[1] As for most plants in this area, threats to Digitaria porrecta include loss of habitat from bushfires and urban expansion, trampling from grazing livestock, and invasive grasses such as Chloris gayana (Rhodes grass) and Urochloa panicoides (liverseed grass).