OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Poa annua   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa annua   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Poa annua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)

Poa annua

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-002:

Poa annua   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Poa annua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Poa annua

 

COMMON NAME:
 Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass

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image of Poa annua, Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_poan_001_lvd

        

image of Poa annua, Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_poan_003_lvd

        

image of Poa annua, Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_poan_007_lvd

        

image of Poa annua, Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass

Gill Newberry    gn04_poa_annua

April        

Plants to 40cm but usually < 15cm, bright green, tufted, often forming mats, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Poa annua, Annual Bluegrass, Six-weeks Grass, Speargass

Keith Bradley    kab_poa_annua_9386

December    Lexington County    SC

Riverbanks Zoo and Botanical Garden

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Poa annua   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Poa annua   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Poa annua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
 Poa annua

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-15-002:
 Poa annua   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
 Poa annua

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Poa annua

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1104

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, gardens, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Bisexual

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain brownish-yellow
Grain

 

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