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 |