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:
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Golf green, Lawn - sports field
Exposure:
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Grass-like, Alternate, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Spikelet, Green, Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct
Fruit: Grain (caryopsis), Brown
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.