| Scientific Name: | Poa annua var. reptans |
| Common Name: | creeping bluegrass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x < 0.1m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Golf green, Lawn - sports field |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Full sun only if soil kept moist |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Green, Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Prostrate growth habit with frequent flowering; rhizomes and stolons present (perennial); leaf vernation folded, blade light green in spring and fall, V-shaped to flat, mostly >2mm wide, two parallel pale lines on either side of midrib, margins parallel (not tapering), short with boat-shaped tip; auricles absent; ligule 2-3mm, whitish, slightly pointed, medium length; low, frequent flowering. Field ID terms: boat tip, seed heads, brighter, apple-green, dull under, creeping. | |