Eragrostis minor




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subamily Chloridoideae
Tribe Eragrostideae
Scientific name Eragrostis minor Host
Synonyms Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes var. laxiflora Döll; Eragrostis cilianensis (Allioni) Vignolo-Lutati ex Janchen forma minor (Host) Maire & Weiller; Eragrostis cilianensis (Allioni) Vignolo-Lutati ex Janchen subsp. poaeoides (Husnot) Maire & Weiller; Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois; Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) Palisot de Beauvois var. microstachya (Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre) Farwell; Eragrostis megastachya Koeler subsp. poaeoides Husnot; Eragrostis minor Host var. minima B. S. Sun & S. Wang; Eragrostis minor Host var. typica Beck; Eragrostis multiflora (Forsskal) Ascherson, var. pappiana Chiovenda; Eragrostis pappiana (Chiovenda) Chiovenda; Eragrostis pilosa (Linnaeus) Palisot de Beauvois, var. minor (Host) Kuntze; Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes; Eragrostis poaeoides Palisot de Beauvois ex Roemer & Schultes var. typica Fiori & Paoletti; Eragrostis poiformis Link; Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre; Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre subsp. minor (Host) Rouy; Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre subsp. poaeoides (Husnot) R. C. V. Douin, in Bonner & R. C. V. Douin; Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre var. microstachya Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre; Eragrostis vulgaris Cosson & Germain de Saint-Pierre var. poaeoides (Husnot) Douin; Poa eragrostis L.
Common name (Japanese common name) ko-suzume-gaya (コスズメガヤ, 小雀萱 [meaning: little sparrow sedge])
(English common name) little lovegrass
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Eurasia (naturalized worldwide)
Habitat Roadside, farm yard, rice paddy path, riverside
Chromosomal number 2n=40, 80
Description Culms electing 10-50cm tall. Leaves 3-10cm long, 2-5mm wide. Flowers inflorescences 5-20cm long, spikelets 3-8mm long, 1.5-2mm wide, flowering in August to September. Annual plants.
Reference Eragrostis minor Host
Eragrostis minor Host
Eragrostis minor Host
Note Naturalized plant.



August 2008
at rice paddy path
August 2008
at rice paddy path
August 2008
at rice paddy path



August 2008
at rice paddy path