Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Poa > Poa infirmaPoa infirma (weak bluegrass)Synonyms: Catabrosa thomsonii; Colpodium thomsonii; Eragrostis infirma (homotypic); Megastachya infirma (homotypic); Ochlopoa infirma (homotypic); Ochlopoa perinconspicua; Poa annua (heterotypic); Poa annua exilis; Poa annua remotiflora; Poa annua var. exilis (homotypic); Poa annua var. laxiflora; Poa annua var. plicata; Poa annua var. remotiflora (homotypic); Poa annua var. tommasinii; Poa exilis (heterotypic); Poa inconspicua (heterotypic); Poa perinconspicua; Poa remotiflora (heterotypic) Poa infirma is a species of grass known by the common names early meadow-grass and weak bluegrass. It was first described from a specimen found in Colombia, but it is actually an introduced species in the Americas and is native to Europe. It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas. It is very similar to Poa annua, which is probably a daughter species, and it is often mistaken for P. annua unless it is closely examined. |
Allergen Potential [1] | High |  | Height [2] | 3.937 inches (.1 m) |  | Lifespan [2] | Annual | Structure [4] | Grass |  | Light Preference [3] | Mostly Sunny | Soil Acidity [3] | Moderate Acid | Soil Fertility [3] | Intermediate | Soil Moisture [3] | Mostly Dry |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004) ♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999) ♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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