Mibora minima
Mibora minima, the early sandgrass,[2] is a small (between 2 and 15 cm high) annual species of grass that is native in western and southwestern Europe.
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Dried Mibora minima specimen, 9 cm high | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Mibora |
Species: | M. minima |
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It is an invasive species on both sides of the CanadaβUnited States border from Lake Huron east to Maine.
It grows on moist sand in open vegetations.[3]
Description
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Etch from the Flora Batava
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florets, 2nd from left facing up
Mibora minima is a small annual species of grass, with tufts of thin stems of about 0.3 mm wide and 10 cm long, each with 2 or 3 leaves at or very near the base, consisting of tender, shallowly grooved sheaths, rounded at their back, 0.2β1 mm long ligules, flat or enrolled blades of 1β5 cm long which are up to 0.5 mm wide and have a stump tip.[3]
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References
- Mibora minima en PlantList
- "Mibora minima". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- Editorial Committee of the Flora of North America (1993). Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford University Press.
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