familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusPoa
subgenusPoa subg. Poa
sectionPoa sect. Abbreviatae
speciesPoa abbreviata
subspeciesPoa abbreviata subsp. abbreviata
Poa abbreviata subsp. abbreviata
Common names: Dwarf bluegrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24.
Ligules 0.4-1.7 (3) mm, apices truncate to acute. Spikelets not bulbiferous; florets normal. Calluses glabrous, rarely webbed; lemmas with keels and marginal veins short to long-villous, hairs extending along 5/6 of the keel, intercostal regions softly puberulent to short-villous; anthers 0.2-0.8 mm. 2n = 42.
Discussion
Poa abbreviata subsp. abbreviata is a common high arctic subspecies that also grows at scattered locations in the Brooks Range, Alaska, and in the Rocky Mountains of the Northwest Territories. It has a circumpolar distribution, but is not common in the Eurasian continental arctic.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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No values specified."decumbent" is not a number.
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absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (?) +
scarious-hyaline +
glabrous +
absent +
absent +
straight +
arising +
single +
close +
free +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
not evident +
scabrous +
involute +
sulcate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
erect +
1;3 +
slender +
developed +
Dwarf bluegrass +
leafless +
annual +
stout +
climbing +
floating +
terete +
not woody +
reduced +
capillary +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
distal +
bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
normal +
1-3(5)-veined +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
absent +
scabrous +
equal +
distributed +
glabrous +
5/6 +
uncinate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
punctate +
subbasal +
Present +
compound +
racemelike +
reduced +
5-veined +
hollow +
absent +
long-villous +
scabrous +
faint +
absent +
distichous +
basal +
5(7-11)-veined +
adjacent +
shorter +
longer +
exceeding +
long-villous +
membranous +
thin +
absent +
membranous +
veined +
truncate +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
membranous +
(1)3-veined +
length +
long-villous +
simple +
exserted +
terete +
absent +
glabrous +
well-developed +
absent +
2/3 +
2-keeled +
subequal +
congested +
contracted +
erect +
reduced +
absent +
usually shorter +
separating +
thin +
not developed +
absent +
prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
closed +
terete +
ebracteate +
not bulbiferous +
mixed +
anthocyanic +
attached +
viviparous +
compressed +
parallel-sided +
Poa abbreviata subsp. abbreviata +
Poa abbreviata +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
absent +
perennial +
glaucous +
unisexual +