Cryptothylax minutus | Phrynobatrachus minutus | Pelasgus minutus | Microryzomys minutus | Dendropsophus minutus | Dendrophryniscus minutus | Chalcides minutus |
Thirteen biological pest control agents have been used against this plant and its cogener, diffuse knapweed, including the moths Agapeta zoegana and Metzneria paucipunctella, the weevils Bangasternus fausti, Larinus obtusus, and Larinus minutus and Cyphocleonus achates, and the fruit flies Chaetorellia acrolophi, Urophora affinis and Urophora quadrifasciata.