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.

Mibora minima
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
Binomial name
Mibora minima (L.)Desv.
Synonyms[1]
List Agrostis minima L. Chamagrostis desvauxii (Lange) Nyman Chamagrostis littorea Samp. Chamagrostis minima (L.) Borkh. Chamagrostis minima var. elongata Hack. Chamagrostis verna (Pers.) Sloboda Knappia agrostidea Sm. Knappia verna (Pers.) Trin. Knappia vernalis Trin. Mibora desvauxii Lange Mibora minima var. elongata (Hack.) Husn. Mibora verna (Pers.) P.Beauv. Mibora verna var. elongata (Hack.) Rouy Poa minima (L.) Stokes Sturmia minima (L.) Hoppe Sturmia verna Pers.

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

Etch from the Flora Batava

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, 0.2–1 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]