Scientific Name:
Poa supina
Pronunciation:
POE-uh soo-PYE-nuh
Common Name:
supina bluegrass
Family Name:
Poaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like)
Key ID Features:
Thatchy habit with tufted or isolated culms 0.5-0.7mm wide; rhizomes present; +/- stolons; leaf vernation folded, blades 2-3mm wide, tip boat-shaped, tip rounded; auricles absent; ligule 0.6-1.5mm; sheath thin, smooth, 1.5 to 5 x longer than blade.
Habit:
Form:
Creeping / Mat-like
Texture:
Mature Height:
Mature Spread:
Origin:
Europe (Naturalized In BC)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Golf green, Lawn - sports field
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Grass-like
Arrangement:
Alternate, Basal
Texture/Venation:
Surfaces:
Shapes:
Linear
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Sheathing
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
Spikelet
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
0
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Dark-red
Flower Time at Peak:
Fruit Type:
Grain (caryopsis)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Bark or Stem Colour:
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes, Runners (or stolons)
