Eragrostis minor | |
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Habit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Genus: | Eragrostis |
Species: | E. minor |
Binomial name | |
Eragrostis minor Host | |
Synonyms | |
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Eragrostis minor, the little lovegrass or smaller stinkgrass, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to most of the subtropical and warm temperate Old World, and introduced to North America, South America, and Australia. Preferring disturbed open places with little competition, and sandy or gravelly soils, it is often found growing on rail embankments, road verges, cracks in sidewalks, and waste areas. Its seeds are edible, but quite small and difficult to harvest and handle, so it is usually regarded as a famine food.
- Mass effect
- Flowers
- Seedheads with human finger for scale
- Ripe seedheads
- Eragrostis minor is often found growing in pavement cracks
- A particularly large individual
- Uprooted specimen with coin for scale
Diseases
E. minor is the only known host as of 2023 of the Eragrostis minor streak virus.
References
- ^ "Eragrostis minor Host". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- "Eragrostis minor (Little Lovegrass)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
Also known as: Smaller Stinkgrass
- Hilty, John (20 November 2019). "Lesser Love Grass". illinoiswildflowers.info. Illinois Wildflowers. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- Fern, Ken (20 July 2021). "Useful Tropical Plants Eragrostis minor". tropical.theferns.info. Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
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- Martin, Darren P.; Linderme, Daphne; Lefeuvre, Pierre; Shepherd, Dionne N.; Varsani, Arvind (2011). "Eragrostis minor streak virus: an Asian streak virus in Africa". Annotated Sequence Record. Archives of Virology. 156 (7): 1299–1303. doi:10.1007/s00705-011-1026-8. PMID 21614438. S2CID 3151261.
- Cited by Karavina et al., 2014.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Eragrostis minor |
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