Poaceae
Kentucky bluegrass
Poa pratensis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Poa
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- قبأ المروج, كلئية مرجية
- arz
- قبا المروج
- ba
- Бажат
- Bangla
- পোয়া প্রাটেনসিস
- Belarusian
- Метлюжок лугавы
- Bulgarian
- Ливадна ливадина
- Chinese
- 草地早熟禾, 砾沙早熟禾
- Czech
- Lipnice luční
- dsb
- Łucna lipnica
- Dutch
- Veldbeemdgras, Veldbeemd
- English
- Kentucky bluegrass, Smooth meadow-grass
- Estonian
- Aasnurmikas
- Finnish
- Niittynurmikka
- French
- Pâturin des prés, Paturin des pres
- German
- Wiesen-Rispengras, Wiesenrispengras, Gewöhnliches Wiesen-Rispengras, Wiesenrispe
- Hebrew
- סיסנית האחו
- hsb
- Łučna lipnica
- Icelandic
- Vallarsveifgras
- Italian
- Erba fienarola
- Japanese
- ケンタッキーブルーグラス
- Kazakh
- Шалғын қоңырбасы
- Korean
- 왕포아풀
- Lithuanian
- Pievinė miglė
- Mongolian
- Нугын биелэг өвс
- nv
- Tsétah tłʼoh
- os
- Мæтатык, Татук
- Persian
- چمن مرتعی
- Polish
- Wiechlina łąkowa
- Romanian
- Firuță de luncă
- Russian
- Мятлик луговой
- Spanish
- Grama de prados, Zacate Poa, Grama de prado, Kentucky blue, Pasto azul de Kentucky
- Swedish
- Ängsgröe, Ängsröe
- Turkish
- Çayır salkım otu
- Ukrainian
- Тонконіг лучний
- Welsh
- Gweunwellt llyfn
Synonyms
- Paneion pratense (L.) Lunell
- Poa anceps Hegetschw.
- Poa angustifolia var. pratensis (L.) Simonk.
- Poa bourgaei E.Fourn.
- Poa bourgaei E.Fourn. ex Hemsl.
- Poa maydelii Roshev.
- Poa nymannii Tineo
- Poa pratensis subsp. vulgaris Gaudin
- Poa pratensis var. anceps (Gaudin) Griseb.
- Poa pratensis var. attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss.
- Poa pratensis var. major Roth
- Poa pratensis var. pratensis
- Poa pratensis var. transnominatum Bondarenko ex Korovina
- Poa sabulosa Turcz. ex Regel
Flowers
- In flower
- May to August (from 360 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Greenland: introduced, Greenland: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Darius Regnier, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak 08:35, 1 May 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chrystel LACZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Theunynck, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chrystel LACZ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.