familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusPoa
subgenusPoa subg. Poa
sectionPoa sect. Alpinae
speciesPoa alpina
subspeciesPoa alpina subsp. alpina
Poa alpina subsp. alpina
Common names: Alpine bluegrass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24.
Spikelets not bulbiferous. Anthers 1.3-2.3 mm, well-formed. 2n = 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 28+1, 30, 31, 32, 32+1, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40+1, 41, 42, ca. 43, 44, 46, ca. 48, 56.
Discussion
Poa alpina subsp. alpina is the more common of the two subspecies. In the Flora region, it grows throughout the range of the species.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
No values specified.No values specified."decumbent" is not a number.
... more about "Poa alpina subsp. alpina"
absent +
common +
absent +
bulliform +
absent +
well-formed +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
scarious-hyaline +
scabrous +
absent +
absent +
straight +
arising +
single +
overlapping +
close +
free +
swollen +
hard +
thick +
parallel +
straight +
not evident +
scabrous +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
ascending;spreading +
scabrous +
1;2 +
terete +
developed +
glabrous +
terete +
Alpine bluegrass +
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 +
subequal +
equal +
distributed +
uncinate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +
punctate +
subbasal +
Present +
compound +
racemelike +
reduced +
5-7(11)-veined +
short-villous +
hollow +
absent +
long-villous +
scabrous +
prominent +
absent +
distichous +
basal +
5(7-11)-veined +
adjacent +
shorter +
longer +
exceeding +
membranous +
absent +
membranous +
veined +
truncate +
inconspicuous +
glabrous +
membranous +
3-veined +
subequal +
length +
scabrous +
long-villous +
simple +
exserted +
absent +
glabrous +
well-developed +
absent +
2/3 +
2-keeled +
subequal +
congested +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
contracted +
erect +
reduced +
absent +
divaricate +
separating +
thin +
not developed +
absent +
prolonged +
evident +
open +
closed +
closed +
terete +
ebracteate +
not bulbiferous +
mixed +
attached +
viviparous +
plump +
parallel-sided +
Poa alpina subsp. alpina +
Poa alpina +
subspecies +
hyaline +
membranous +
absent +
perennial +
not glaucous +
unisexual +