Poa bulbosa |
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bulbous bluegrass |
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Habit | Strongly tufted, glabrous perennial, the culms hollow, 1.5-4 dm. tall. |
Leaves | Sheaths open almost to the base; ligules 1.5-3 mm. long, blunt to acuminate, usually entire; blades 1-2.5 mm. broad, flat to folded, scabrous, the tip prow-like. |
Flowers | Inflorescence an open to contracted panicle up to 10 cm. long; spikelets 3-5 mm. long, but florets usually modified into elongate, purplish bulbils up to 20 mm. long; glumes 2-3 mm. long; normal lemmas about 5 per spikelet, keeled, 2-4 mm. long, webbed at base; viviparous spikelets modified into a single bulbil enclosed by the several leaf-like lemmas 5-20 mm. long; stamens and pistils mostly lacking. |
Poa bulbosa |
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Flowering time | March-June |
Habitat | Disturbed areas from the coast to midmontane. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin | Introduced |
Conservation status | Not of concern |
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