| Eragrostis minor | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Clade: | Commelinids | 
| Order: | Poales | 
| Family: | Poaceae | 
| Genus: | Eragrostis | 
| Species: | E. minor | 
| Binomial name | |
| Eragrostis minor | |
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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.[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 Mass effect
 Flowers Flowers
.jpg.webp) Seedheads with human finger for scale Seedheads with human finger for scale
 Ripe seedheads Ripe seedheads
 Eragrostis minor is often found growing in pavement cracks Eragrostis minor is often found growing in pavement cracks
 A particularly large individual A particularly large individual
 Uprooted specimen with coin for scale Uprooted specimen with coin for scale
Diseases
E. minor is the only known host as of 2023 of the Eragrostis minor streak virus.[5]
References
- 1 2 "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.
- ↑  
- 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. 156: 1299–1303. doi:10.1007/s00705-011-1026-8. PMID 21614438. S2CID 3151261. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)
- Cited by Karavina et al., 2014.
 
- 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. 156: 1299–1303. doi:10.1007/s00705-011-1026-8. PMID 21614438. S2CID 3151261. 
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