Biology:Mibora minima
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Short description: Species of grass
| Mibora minima | |
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| Dried Mibora minima specimen, 9 cm high | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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| Binomial name | |
| Mibora minima (L.)Desv.
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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.
It is an invasive species on both sides of the Canada–United States border from Lake Huron east to Maine.
It grows on moist sand in open vegetations.[3]
Description
thumb|left|florets, 2nd from left facing upMibora 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, 0.2–1 mm long ligules, flat or enrolled blades of 1–5 cm long which are up to 0.5 mm wide and have a stump tip.[3]
References
- ↑ Mibora minima en PlantList
- ↑ "Mibora minima". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MIMI. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Editorial Committee of the Flora of North America (1993). Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195310719. https://books.google.com/books?id=nGocHgeBwVMC&q=Mibora+minima&pg=PA757.
Wikidata ☰ Q6012650 entry
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