Poa bulbosa L.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Paneion bulbosum var. viviparum (Koeler) Lunell; Poa alpina Pall. ex Roem. & Schult.; Poa briziformis Trab.; Poa bulbillifera Chrtek & Hadac; Poa bulbosa subsp. nevskii (Roshev. ex Ovcz.) Tzvelev; Poa bulbosa subsp. perligulata H.Scholz; Poa carniolica (Mutel) Kerguélen; Poa cephalonica H.Scholz; Poa crassipes Domin; Poa crispa Thuill.; Poa delicatula Wilh. ex Steud.; Poa desertorum Trin.; Poa eigii Feinbrun; Poa montana Balansa; Poa pasqualii Heldr. ex Parl.; Poa perligularis H.Scholz; Poa praecox Borbás; Poa prolifera F.W.Schmidt; Poa protuberata Schur; Poa psammophila Schur; Poa pseudoconcinna Schur; Poa rhenana Lej.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Poa bulbosa L.
  • Common name : Bulbous Bluegrass, Bulbous meadow grass
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Plains, sandstone slopes, desert grasslands, river shores, wastelands near fruit gardens; 700 - 4700 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Poa bulbosa is a mesophytic grass, a feature which can help to distinguish it from the xerophytic Poa sinaica, and forms a large part of the available pasture in high alpine meadows.
  • Key identification features : Lemma with wool at the base, this usually copious; lemmas 2.5-3.5mm long; anthers 1-1.5mm long (or spikelets usually proliferating and these characters not visible)
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Bri
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Europe to North-West China, Macaronesia to Himalaya, Cape Prov. and Alberta, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Australia, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 271
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Poa bulbosa. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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