Eragrostis minor

Eragrostis minor
	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
	List Eragrostis beguinotii Belosersky; Eragrostis borysthenica (Schmalh.) Klokov; Eragrostis brizoides Costa; Eragrostis cilianensis f. minor (Host) Maire & Weiller; Eragrostis cilianensis f. nana Maire & Weiller; Eragrostis cilianensis subsp. pooides (Husn.) Maire; Eragrostis eragrostis var. microstachya Coss. & Germ.; Eragrostis eragrostis var. microstachya Farw.; Eragrostis megastachya var. nana Trab.; Eragrostis megastachya subsp. pooides Husn.; Eragrostis minor subsp. angusta H.Scholz & Raus; Eragrostis minor f. arenosa A.F.Schwarz; Eragrostis minor subsp. mimica H.Scholz; Eragrostis minor var. minima B.S.Sun & S.Wang; Eragrostis minor var. rajasthanensis Vivek, G.V.S.Murthy & V.J.Nair; Eragrostis minor var. roborovskii Tzvelev; Eragrostis minor subsp. roborovskii (Tzvelev) H.Scholz; Eragrostis minor var. suaveolens (A.K.Becker ex Claus) Schmalh.; Eragrostis minor f. umbrosa A.F.Schwarz; Eragrostis multiflora var. pappiana Chiov.; Eragrostis multiflora var. pooides (Husn.) Trab.; Eragrostis pappiana (Chiov.) Chiov.; Eragrostis pilosa var. minor (Host) Kuntze; Eragrostis poaeoides P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.; Eragrostis poiformis Link; Eragrostis pooides P.Beauv.; Eragrostis pooides f. arenosa (A.F.Schwarz) Soó; Eragrostis pooides subsp. brizoides K.Richt.; Eragrostis pooides var. laxiflora Döll; Eragrostis pooides var. spiciformis Trautv. ex Regel; Eragrostis pooides var. suaveolens (A.K.Becker ex Claus) Schmalh.; Eragrostis pooides f. umbrosa (A.F.Schwarz) Soó; Eragrostis suaveolens A.K.Becker ex Claus; Eragrostis suaveolens subsp. borysthenica (Schmalh.) Tzvelev; Eragrostis suaveolens var. borysthenica Schmalh.; Eragrostis vulgaris Coss. & Germ.; Eragrostis vulgaris var. microstachya Coss. & Germ.; Eragrostis vulgaris var. minor (Host) Rouy; Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. minor (Host) Rouy; Eragrostis vulgaris subsp. pooides (Husn.) Douin; Eragrostis willdenoviana Nees ex Hook. & Arn.; Poa canariensis Willd. ex Spreng.; Poa eragrostis L.; ;

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.^[1]^[2] 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.^[3] Its seeds are edible, but quite small and difficult to harvest and handle, so it is usually regarded as a famine food.^[4]

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^[update] of the Eragrostis minor streak virus.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.

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[POWO_401317-1-1] "Eragrostis minor Host". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[MnWi-2] "Eragrostis minor (Little Lovegrass)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023. Also known as: Smaller Stinkgrass

[3] Hilty, John (20 November 2019). "Lesser Love Grass". illinoiswildflowers.info. Illinois Wildflowers. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[4] Fern, Ken (20 July 2021). "Useful Tropical Plants Eragrostis minor". tropical.theferns.info. Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

[Find_and_sequence_new_ornamental_grass_virus-5] 
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.

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