Poaceae
Early sandgrass
Mibora minima
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Mibora
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Common names
By language (8)
- Czech
- Trpaslička nejmenší
- Dutch
- Dwerggras
- English
- Early sandgrass, Early sand-grass
- Finnish
- Tonttuheinä
- French
- Mibora
- German
- Kleines Zwerggras, Sand-Zwerggras
- Swedish
- Pysslinggräs
- Welsh
- Eiddilwellt cynnar
Synonyms
- Agrostis minima L.
- Chamagrostis desvauxii (Lange) Nyman
- Chamagrostis littorea Samp.
- Chamagrostis minima (L.) Borkh.
- Chamagrostis minima var. elongata Hack.
- Chamagrostis minima var. virescens Döll
- Chamagrostis verna Sloboda
- Knappia agrostidea Sm.
- Knappia verna Trin.
- Knappia vernalis Trin.
- Mibora desvauxii Lange
- Mibora minima subsp. desvauxii (Lange) K.Richt.
- Mibora minima subsp. littorea S.Ortiz, Rodr.Oubiña & Guitián
- Mibora minima var. elongata (Hack.) Husn.
- Mibora minima var. variegata Zimm.
- Mibora verna P.Beauv.
- Mibora verna subsp. desvauxii (Lange) Nyman
- Mibora verna var. elongata (Hack.) Rouy
- Poa minima (L.) Stokes
- Sturmia minima (L.) Hoppe
- Sturmia verna Pers.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to April (from 42 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bastien Alegot, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Regis JARRY, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: PGuillaumeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.