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Poaceae
Small stink grass
Eragrostis minor
Also known as Eragrostis minor var. rajasthanensis, Stinkgrass, Eragrostis minor var. minima, Eragrostis borysthenica
Native Plants · Grass · Poaceae · Annual · Erosion Control · Naturalized · Disturbed Soil · Low Maintenance · Seed Grass · Wildflower Meadow · Ground Cover
Small stink grass is a resilient annual grass that thrives in disturbed, well-drained soils with full sun to partial shade. It requires minimal watering once established and little to no supplemental fertilization. While useful for erosion control and naturalized areas, monitor it carefully as it can self-seed prolifically.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly; allow soil to dry out between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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