Crabgrass

Crabgrass is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and is obtained on Day 1 of Zombopolis. He was first revealed on the launch of Zombopolis, and the developers later made a "Behind the Seeds" video for him, detailing his abilities, strengths and weaknesses, and tips for proper use. 
Crabgrass is a low to the ground area-of-effect plant, meaning he can't be eaten, but only affects zombies that also occupy his tile. He can't be planted on Lily Pads, or planks in the Pirate Seas. When planted, Crabgrass will deal a minimum of 100 DPS to any zombies on his tile. If a zombie is touching his tile, their movement will be slowed to 90% of their normal speed. The more Crabgrass are planted, the more damage they deal when planted, and their slowing effect grows more effective. He can deal a maximum of 200 DPS, and slow a zombie to 40% of their normal speed. 
== Origins ==
Crabgrass is based off of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitaria | Digitaria . His plant-food power is a reference to the real-life ability of digitaria to spread to anywhere their roots touch. His ability to slow zombies is a reference to how tedious and time-consuming it is to remove digitaria once they get out of hand.
== Strategies ==
Crabgrass is a plant with only two abilities, but can be used in nearly any situation. Its damage when planted is an effective way to diminish crowds of weak zombies, and its slowing effect is helpful for nearly everything.
If one wishes to use Crabgrass offensively, they should first keep some plant food in reserves. Once a large group of zombies or a Flag rolls around, plant a Crabgrass on the largest group of zombies, and then use plant food on it. Each of the Crabgrass made by the plant food ability will deal maximum damage, quickly eliminating the horde. 
On the other end of the spectrum, a lawn full of Crabgrass can immobilize or at the very least slow many zombies. If you plant a Crabgrass one tile ahead of a zombie, it can serve like a Stallia, only reusable. The drawback to it has to be that it can't be spammed early on, due to its longer recharge and relatively high cost, when compared to other slowing plants. But after a slow crawl, having a board of Crabgrass is incredibly useful on more difficult levels. 
== Trivia ==
* Crabgrass is the first plant to feature a variable slowing effect.
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