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Eragrostis minor Host
little lovegrass
Symbol: ERMI5
Group: Monocot
Family: Poaceae
Growth Habit: Graminoid
Duration: Annual
U.S. Nativity: Introduced
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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 1: 240. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Guidelines.

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Plant Synonyms:
ERMI5 Eragrostis minor Host
 

ERER9

Eragrostis eragrostis (L.) Beauv.
 

ERPO9

Eragrostis poaeoides Beauv. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
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State Distributional Map for ERMI5
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Plant Distribution by State

Eragrostis minor Host

ERMI5

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Related Taxa:
Eragrostis minor Host

View 270 genera in Poaceae, 63 species in Eragrostis

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Classification:
Eragrostis minor Host

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    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
                   Subclass Commelinidae –
                      Order Cyperales –
                         Family Poaceae – Grass family
                            Genus Eragrostis von Wolf – lovegrass
                               Species Eragrostis minor Host – little lovegrass

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Introduced Information:
Eragrostis minor Host
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Eragrostis minor Host

View species account from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40752.
View photographs from University of Tennessee Herbarium.
View species account from Wisconsin State Herbarium (UW-Madison).

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