Poa annua




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