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Poa versicolor Besser

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Poa

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Poa versicolor: Poa versicolor, Соль-Илецк, Оренбургская обл., Россия, 2023-06-01 (iNaturalist).
Photo: Michael Kozlov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
变色早熟禾, 乌库早熟禾, 低山早熟禾, 多变早熟禾, 山地早熟禾, 新疆早熟禾, 外贝加早熟禾, 大穗早熟禾
Russian
Мятлик разноцветный
Ukrainian
Тонконіг різнобарвний

Synonyms

  • Poa attenuata var. stepposa Krylov
  • Poa attenuata var. versicolor (Besser) Regel
  • Poa buriatica (Olonova) Olonova
  • Poa erythropoda Klokov
  • Poa grandispica Keng f. ex L.Liu
  • Poa incerta Keng f. ex L.Liu
  • Poa linearis Trin. ex Bunge
  • Poa misera var. sphondylodes (Bunge) Koidz.
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. ochotensis (Trin.) Tzvelev
  • Poa nemoralis subsp. podolica Asch. & Graebn.
  • Poa ochotensis Trin.
  • Poa ochotensis subsp. stepposa (Krylov) Tzvelev
  • Poa orinosa Keng f.
  • Poa palustris var. botryoides (Trin. ex Griseb.) Hack. ex B.Fedtsch.
  • Poa podolica (Asch. & Graebn.) Blocki ex Zapal.
  • Poa polonica Blocki
  • Poa pseudosterilis Galkin
  • Poa relaxa Ovcz.
  • Poa romanica Prodan
  • Poa schoenites Keng f. ex L.Liu
  • Poa sphondylodes Trin. ex Bunge
  • Poa stepposa (Krylov) Roshev.
  • Poa stepposa var. sublaevis Roshev.
  • Poa stereophylla Keng f. ex L.Liu
  • Poa sterilis subsp. versicolor (Besser) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Poa sterilis var. versicolor (Besser) Griseb.
  • Poa subaphylla Honda
  • Poa transbaicalica Roshev.
  • Poa urgutina Drobow
  • Poa varia Keng f. ex L.Liu
  • Poa versicolor subsp. buriatica Olonova
  • Poa versicolor subsp. erythropoda (Klokov) Tzvelev
  • Poa versicolor subsp. ochotensis (Trin.) Tzvelev
  • Poa versicolor subsp. orinosa (Keng f.) Olonova & G.H.Zhu
  • Poa versicolor subsp. relaxa (Ovcz.) Tzvelev
  • Poa versicolor subsp. stepposa (Krylov) Tzvelev
  • Poa versicolor subsp. varia (Keng f. ex L.Liu) Olonova & G.H.Zhu
  • Poa versicolor subsp. versicolor
  • Poa versicolor var. megrica Tzvelev

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid

Photos

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