Scientific Name: Poa annua
Common Name: annual bluegrass
Family Name: Poaceae
Origin: Central / west Asia, Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Annual, Poales (grass-like), Weed (horticultural)
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical, Round
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Erosion control
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Grass-like, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire
Flowers: Spikelet, Yellow, Mar-Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Mar-Apr-May-Jun-Aug-Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaf tips boat-shaped, blade with puckering and wrinkling; seed head can be seen even when grass is very low growing. Field ID terms: boat tip, seed heads, brighter, apple-green, dull under.