Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:68. 1753
Verified:
05/13/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
annual bluegrass – annual meadow grass – annual poa – winter grass – French
pâturin annuel – German
einjähriges Rispengras – Italian
poa annua – Japanese Rōmaji
suzume-no-katabira – Spanish
espiguilla – hierba de punta – Swedish
vitgröe – Transcribed Chinese
zao shu he – Transcribed Korean
saepoapul – Transliterated Russian
mjatlik odnoletnij –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
3 | Adventive | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
3 | Adventive | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
3 | Adventive | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Antarctic | Antarctic Continent | Antarctica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Mexico | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
()
Adventive
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Naturalized
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa
Antarctic
-
ANTARCTIC CONTINENT:
Antarctica
Australasia
Northern America
-
REGION:
Mexico, United States
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
-
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Peru
Other
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | lawn/turf | | Huff, D. R. 2000. This is not your father's bluegrass. A century of microevolution expedites development of greens-quality Poa annua. Diversity 16:29-30. |
Harmful organism host | crop diseases | | Holm, L. et al. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. 1997 |
Harmful organism host | crop pests | | Holm, L. et al. World weeds: natural histories and distribution. 1997 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28904.
Accessed 4 October 2024.