| Family | Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name | Poa annua L. |
| Synonyms | Aira pumila Pursh; Catabrosa pumila (Pursh) Roemer & Schultes; Catabrosa thomsonii Hooker f.; Ochlopoa annua (L.) H. Scholz; Poa aestivalis J. Presl; Poa algida Trinius; Poa annua L. forma reptans (Haussknecht) T. Koyama; Poa annua L. var. aquatica Ascherson; Poa annua L. var. eriolepis E. Desvaux; Poa annua L. var. remotiflora Hackel ex Battandier & Trabut; Poa annua L. var. reptans Haussknecht; Poa annua L. var. rigidiuscula L. H. Dewey; Poa bipollicaris Hochstetter; Poa crassinervis Honda; Poa ovalis Tineo; Poa remotiflora (Hackel ex Battandier & Trabut) Murbeck; Poa royleana Steudel |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) suzume-no-katabira [small single dress] |
| (English common name) annual bluegrass, annual meadow grass, dwarf meadow grass | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) worldwide | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=28 |
| Description | Plants 5-25cm tall. Leaves 1-3mm wide. Flowers spikelets ca.4mm, flowering in all seasons. Perennial or winter annual plants. |
| Reference | Poa annua L. |
| Poa annua Linnaeus | |
| Poa annua L. |
| January 2007 at lowland forest edge |
January 2007 at lowland forest edge |
January 2007 at lowland forest edge |
| January 2007 at lowland forest edge |
January 2007 at lowland forest edge |
January 2007 at lowland forest edge |