Poa angustifolia

Family: Poaceae Genus: Poa Species: angustifolia

Synonyms: Poa nymanii, Poa pratensis subsp. strigosa, Poa pratensis f. glauca, Poa villarsii, Poa angustifolia var. minor, Poa angustifolia f. longiglumis, Poa pratensis f. angustifolia, Poa pratensis var. praesignis, Poa angustifolia f. straminea, Poa pratensis var. strigosa, Poa angustifolia var. obornyana, Poa angustifolia f. puberula, Poa angustifolia subsp. nymanii, Poa hamhungensis, Poa pratensis var. filiformis, Poa pratensis var. collina, Poa angustifolia f. setacea, Poa angustifolia var. violacea, Poa angustifolia var. strigosa, Poa pratensis f. straminea, Poa pratensis f. puberula, Poa viridula, Poa pratensis f. praesignis, Poa pratensis var. angustifolia, Poa strigosa, Poa angustifolia f. glauca, Poa angustifolia f. collina, Poa angustifolia f. decipiens, Poa angustifolia f. longifolia, Poa pratensis var. glaucescens, Poa pratensis var. obornyana, Poa pratensis var. cinerea, Poa pratensis f. hirtula, Poa pratensis var. praticola, Poa pratensis f. filifolia, Poa angustifolia subsp. brizoides, Poa pratensis var. hydrophila, Poa angustifolia f. praesignis, Poa pratensis var. heterophylla, Poa angustifolia f. pyramidalis, Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia, Poa pratensis subsp. atlantis, Poa angustifolia f. hirtula, Poa pratensis var. convolutifolia, Poa pratensis f. pyramidalis, Poa pratensis subsp. nymanii, Poa pratensis f. longifolia, Poa angustifolia f. filiformis

Botanical Description

Poa angustifolia, narrow-leaved meadow-grass, is a long-rhizomatous perennial grass in the family Poaceae closely related to and often treated as a subspecies of Poa pratensis. It grows in loose patches up to about 60 cm tall, with very narrow, rather rigid, bluish-green leaf blades only 1–2 mm wide that are often folded or inrolled, distinguishing it from the broader-bladed Kentucky bluegrass. The inflorescence is an open pyramidal panicle bearing slender branches arranged in whorls, with small, several-flowered spikelets that ripen pale green to purplish. Native to the Azores, Morocco and temperate Eurasia, it grows on dry to mesic grasslands, sandy banks, open woodland, calcareous slopes and disturbed ground, typically on lighter, drier soils than P. pratensis. Although it has some local value as a drought-tolerant pasture grass, the species has no recorded human food, medicinal or other ethnobotanical tradition and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Native Region: Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

233603

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