Poaceae
Bulbous bluegrass
Poa bulbosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- قبأ بصيلي
- arz
- قبا بصيلى
- Azerbaijani
- Soğanaqlı qırtıc
- Belarusian
- Метлюжок цыбульны
- Bulgarian
- Луковична ливадина
- Catalan
- Pâturin bulbeux
- Chinese
- 鳞茎早熟禾, 胎生鳞茎早熟禾, 尼氏早熟禾, 尼尔早熟禾
- Czech
- Lipnice cibulkatá
- Dutch
- Knolbeemdgras
- English
- Bulbous bluegrass, Bulbous meadow grass
- Esperanto
- Bulba poo
- Finnish
- Sipulinurmikka
- French
- Pâturin bulbeux
- German
- Zwiebel-Rispengras, Knolliges Rispengras, Pâturin bulbeux, Zwiebelrispengras
- hsb
- Cybličkata lipnica
- Kazakh
- Жуашықты қоңырбас
- Lithuanian
- Gumbuotoji miglė, Pâturin bulbeux
- Persian
- چمن پیازکدار
- Polish
- Wiechlina cebulkowata
- Romanian
- Firuță bulboasă
- Russian
- Мятлик луковичный
- Spanish
- Grama cebollera
- Swedish
- Knölgröe, Pâturin bulbeux
- Turkish
- Yumrulu salkım otu
- Ukrainian
- Тонконіг бульбистий
- Welsh
- Gweunwellt oddfog
Synonyms
- Paneion bulbosum var. viviparum (Koeler) Lunell
- Poa alpina Pall. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Poa attenuata var. desertorum (Trin.) Griseb.
- Poa briziformis Trab.
- Poa bulbillifera Chrtek & Hadac
- Poa bulbosa f. patens Roshev.
- Poa bulbosa f. pubescens Neuman
- Poa bulbosa f. vivipara (Koeler) Maire
- Poa bulbosa subsp. bulbosa
- Poa bulbosa subsp. crispa (Thuill.) Tzvelev
- Poa bulbosa subsp. leucoglossa Velen.
- Poa bulbosa subsp. nevskii (Roshev. ex Ovcz.) Tzvelev
- Poa bulbosa subsp. perligulata H.Scholz
- Poa bulbosa subsp. pseudoconcinna (Schur) Domin
- Poa bulbosa subsp. vivipara (Koeler) Arcang.
- Poa bulbosa var. bulbosa
- Poa bulbosa var. elanata Stapf
- Poa bulbosa var. glabriflora Roshev.
- Poa bulbosa var. psammophila (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa bulbosa var. verticillata Coss. & Germ.
- Poa bulbosa var. vivipara Koeler
- Poa carniolica (Mutel) Kerguélen
- Poa cephalonica H.Scholz
- Poa compressa d'Urv.
- Poa concinna var. carniolica Mutel
- Poa crassipes Domin
- Poa crispa Thuill.
- Poa delicatula Wilh. ex Steud.
- Poa desertorum Trin.
- Poa eigii Feinbrun
- Poa leucoglossa Velen.
- Poa montana Balansa
- Poa nemoralis var. bulbosa (L.) Lej.
- Poa nemoralis var. rhenana Lej.
- Poa nevskii Roshev. ex Kom.
- Poa pasqualii Heldr. ex Parl.
- Poa perligularis H.Scholz
- Poa praecox Borbás
- Poa prolifera F.W.Schmidt
- Poa protuberata Schur
and 4 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 270 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.