bluegrass, annual
| COMMON NAME: | Bluegrass, annual | |
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| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | Poa annua | |
| FAMILY: | Poaceae | |
| LIFECYCLE: | Annual, possible perennial var. reptans | |
| FEATURES: | Growth habit: Light green clump-like to creeping plant; Stem: Flattened glabrous. Entire plant glabrous. Leaf sheath glabrous and folded. ; Leaf: Keel-shaped leaf tip, 0.5 to 1cm wide.; Collar: collar with a white collar band, glabrous. Producing a membranous ligule; Inflorescence: A pyramidal shaped panicle with 6 to 12 branching spiklets. |
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| DESCRIPTION: | Annual grass widely distributed throughout the world. In Alabama, primarily exists as an annual in the winter months with flowering occurring from February to May. Forms a clump-like plant, light green in color. Perennial biotype can be dark green and creeping. Can occur in almost any managed turfgrass environment, from golf course putting greens to home lawns. |
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