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Poaceae

Kentucky bluegrass

Poa alpigena Lindm.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Poa

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Kentucky bluegrass: Alpigene Bluegrass (Poa alpigena). Species of plant.
Photo: iNaturalist user: nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
高原早熟禾, 长稃早熟禾
English
Kentucky bluegrass, Alpine meadow grass
Finnish
Pohjannurmikka
Norwegian Bokmål
Seterrapp

Synonyms

  • Poa alpigena f. oblonga Lindm.
  • Poa alpigena f. pyramidata Lindm.
  • Poa alpigena f. villosa Lindm.
  • Poa alpigena f. vivipara Roshev.
  • Poa alpigena subsp. alpigena
  • Poa alpigena subsp. staintonii Melderis
  • Poa alpigena var. domestica (Laest.) Lindm.
  • Poa alpigena var. iantha (Laest.) Lindm.
  • Poa angustifolia var. alpigena Vorosch.
  • Poa dolichachyra Keng ex Keng f. & G.Q.Song
  • Poa irrigata f. rigens (Hartm.) Lindm.
  • Poa poophagorum var. lanata Bor
  • Poa pratensis f. hultenii B.Boivin
  • Poa pratensis f. prolifera Simmons
  • Poa pratensis subsp. alpestris (Andersson) Portal
  • Poa pratensis subsp. alpigena (Blytt) Hiitonen
  • Poa pratensis subsp. rigens (Hartm.) Tzvelev
  • Poa pratensis subsp. staintonii (Melderis) Dickoré
  • Poa pratensis var. alpestris Andersson
  • Poa pratensis var. alpigena Blytt
  • Poa pratensis var. domestica Laest.
  • Poa pratensis var. iantha Laest.
  • Poa pratensis var. rigens (Hartm.) Laest.
  • Poa rigens Hartm.
  • Poa trivialis var. macrorrhiza Laest.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.