Poaceae

Alpine bluegrass

Poa alpina L.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Poa

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Common names

By language (20)

arz: بوا البينا
Azerbaijani: Alp qırtıcı
Bulgarian: Алпийска ливадина, Македонска ливадина
Chinese: 高山早熟禾
Czech: Lipnice alpská
English: Alpine bluegrass, Alpine meadow-grass
Estonian: Alpi nurmikas
Finnish: Tunturinurmikka
German: Alpen-Rispengras, Alpenrispengras
hsb: Alpska lipnica
Icelandic: Fjallasveifgras
Lithuanian: Alpinė miglė
Norwegian Bokmål: Fjellrapp
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fjellrapp
Persian: چمن کوهستانی
Polish: Wiechlina alpejska
Russian: Мятлик альпийский, Альпийский мятлик
Swedish: Fjällgröe
Ukrainian: Тонконіг альпійський
Welsh: Gweunwellt y mynydd

Synonyms

Poa alpina f. longifolia Döll
Poa alpina f. vivipara (L.) B.Boivin
Poa alpina subsp. alpina
Poa alpina subsp. atlantica (Trab.) Romo
Poa alpina subsp. balcanica Fiserová
Poa alpina subsp. bivonae (Parl.) Soják
Poa alpina subsp. brevifolia (Gaudich.) Nyár.
Poa alpina subsp. digitata Beauverd
Poa alpina subsp. fallax F.Hermann
Poa alpina subsp. insularis (Parl.) Hayek
Poa alpina subsp. involucrata (Lange) K.Richt.
Poa alpina subsp. stefanovii Fiserová
Poa alpina subsp. stenobotrya Maire
Poa alpina subsp. vivipara (L.) Tzvelev
Poa alpina var. alpestris Andersson
Poa alpina var. alpina
Poa alpina var. atlantica Trab.
Poa alpina var. australis Andersson
Poa alpina var. bivonae (Parl.) H.St.John
Poa alpina var. brevifolia Gaudin
Poa alpina var. buxicola Douin
Poa alpina var. digitata Beauverd
Poa alpina var. divaricata (Vill.) Mutel
Poa alpina var. divericata Schur
Poa alpina var. flavescens Mutel
Poa alpina var. frigida (Gaudich.) Salis
Poa alpina var. glomerata Gray
Poa alpina var. intermedia Ambrosi
Poa alpina var. lapponum Wahlenb.
Poa alpina var. macedonica Acht.
Poa alpina var. minor Scribn.
Poa alpina var. nana Latourr.
Poa alpina var. nodosa Hartm.
Poa alpina var. obtusata Litard. & Maire
Poa alpina var. parva Trin.
Poa alpina var. rupicaprina Domin
Poa alpina var. rupicarpina Domin
Poa alpina var. stricta (Hegetschw. & Heer) Ducommun
Poa alpina var. subalpina (Schur) K.Richt.
Poa alpina var. vivipara L.

and 36 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Heinz Staudacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.