Poaceae
Arctic bluegrass
Poa arctica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (7)
- Bulgarian
- Арктическа ливадина
- Chinese
- 极地早熟禾
- English
- Arctic bluegrass
- Finnish
- Luminurmikka, Lapinnurmikka
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Jervrapp
- Russian
- Мятлик арктический, Мятлик печорский, Мятлик слабый
- Swedish
- Polargröe
Synonyms
- Poa abbreviata Blytt ex Griseb.
- Poa arctica var. arctica
- Poa cenisia subsp. arctica (R.Br.) K.Richt.
- Poa cenisia var. arctica (R.Br.) Richt.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, 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.