Poaceae
Glaucous bluegrass
Poa glauca
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 灰早熟禾
- English
- Glaucous bluegrass
- Finnish
- Pahtanurmikka
- German
- Blaugrünes Rispengras
- Icelandic
- Blásveifgras
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blårapp
- Polish
- Wiechlina sina
- Swedish
- Blågröe
- Ukrainian
- Тонконіг сизий
- Welsh
- Gweunwellt llwydlas
Synonyms
- Paneion glaucum (Vahl) Lunell
- Poa caesia subsp. glauca (Vahl) Hartm.
- Poa caesia var. aspera (Gaudich.) W.D.J.Koch
- Poa caesia var. frearitis Halácsy
- Poa caesia var. glauca (Vahl) Hartm.
- Poa glauca var. anadryica (Roshev.) Tzvelev
- Poa glauca var. glauca
- Poa nemoralis subsp. glauca (Vahl) Gaudin
- Poa nemoralis var. glauca (Vahl) Gaudich.
- Poa nemoralis var. glauca (Vahl) Gaudin
- Poa ruida Litv. ex Kom.
- Poa seorsa Litv. ex Kom.
- Poa viridis Schreb.
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: WayneRay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, 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.