Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Poa annua Linnaeus
(Annual Bluegrass)


Family: Poaceae

Status: Exotic

Synonyms:
None

Poa annua has spikelets that each have more than one floret which have no awns. This is an annual in lawns and disturbed ground. The stems are mostly prostrate.
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Poa annua, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, BlackRange, East Cyn., Apr. 16, 2008



Poa annua, detail of callus without cobwebby pubescence, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, BlackRange, East Cyn., Apr. 16, 2008


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