familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusPoa
subgenusPoa subg. Poa
sectionPoa sect. Oreinos
speciesPoa laxa
subspeciesPoa laxa subsp. fernaldiana
Poa laxa subsp. fernaldiana
Common names: Mount washington bluegrass
Endemic
Synonyms: Poa fernaldiana
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 572.
Basal branching mainly intravaginal. Blades very thin. Panicles 2-8 cm, lax, loosely contracted, sparse, with 1-3 branches per node; branches flexuous, smooth or infrequently very sparsely scabrous. Glumes lanceolate; calluses of at least some proximal florets sparsely webbed, rarely all glabrous; lemmas with keels short-villous for at least 1/2 their length, lateral-veins glabrous; anthers (0.6) 0.8-1.1 (1.3) mm. 2n = 42.
Discussion
Poa laxa subsp. fernaldiana is native from Newfoundland south to New England.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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... more about "Poa laxa subsp. fernaldiana"
absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
prow-tipped +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
scarious-hyaline +
absent +
absent +
straight +
arising +
single +
close +
free +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
not evident +
scabrous +
sulcate +
flexuous +
ascending +
scabrous +
1;3 +
angled +
slender +
developed +
glabrous +
Mount washington bluegrass +
annual +
weak +
stout +
climbing +
floating +
terete +
not woody +
reduced +
Ill. +, Ind. +, Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ga. +, Wash. +, Utah +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Idaho +, N.Mex. +, Nev. +, Maine +, N.H. +, Vt. +, Del. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Iowa +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wyo. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Md. +, Mass. +, R.I. +, Fla. +, Calif. +, W.Va. +, Tex. +, La. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Nebr. +, Tenn. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Miss. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, Puerto Rico +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Va. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. + and Yukon +
capillary +
adjacent +
sometimes longer +
distal +
bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
1-3(5)-veined +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
absent +
scabrous +
lanceolate +
unequal +
equal +
thin +
distributed +
uncinate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
punctate +
subbasal +
Present +
compound +
racemelike +
reduced +
5-7(11)-veined +
glabrous +
hollow +
absent +
short-villous +
scabrous +
glabrous +
absent +
distichous +
5(7-11)-veined +
adjacent +
shorter +
longer +
exceeding +
membranous +
thin +
absent +
membranous +
veined +
truncate +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
membranous +
3-veined +
length +
long-villous +
simple +
exserted +
terete +
absent +
glabrous +
well-developed +
absent +
2/3 +
2-keeled +
subequal +
contracted +
ovoid +
reduced +
absent +
separating +
thin +
not developed +
absent +
glabrous +
prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
closed +
scabrous +
terete +
Endemic +
ebracteate +
not bulbiferous +
mixed +
attached +
webbed +
viviparous +
compressed +
parallel-sided +
Poa laxa subsp. fernaldiana +
Poa laxa +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
absent +
branching +
perennial +
glaucous +
unisexual +