Annual Meadow-grass - introduced (*Poa annua)

Native to Europe and Asia. Annual. C3.

Family. Poaceae (Grass family).

Occurrence: A common weed in gardens and disturbed ground. It grows strongly in winter.

Identification:

• it is a low-growing annual with soft green leaves
• the flower cluster loosens with age
• the glumes are shorter than the lemmas
• the spikelets have 6-10 lemmas
• the lemmas are unawned, and hairy on the bottom part
• the lemmas do not have cobwebby hairs
• the leaves are flat or sometimes folded
• the ligule is membranous and 1-5mm long.

Poa: grass (Greek); annua: annual.

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