Poa bigelovii

Species of grass

Poa bigelovii

Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Poaceae
Subfamily:  | Pooideae
Genus:  | Poa
Species:  |

P. bigelovii

Binomial name
Poa bigelovii

Vasey & Scribn.

Poa bigelovii is a species of grass known by the common name Bigelow's bluegrass. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in shady spots in desert and plateau habitat.

It is an annual bunchgrass growing in small clumps up to 40 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a narrow, compact, cylindrical series of hairy spikelets. The spikelets sometimes have a curly tuft of hairs or cobwebby fibers near their bases.

## External links[edit]

* Jepson Manual Treatment
* USDA Plants Profile
* Grass Manual Treatment

Taxon identifiers

Poa bigelovii|

* Wikidata: Q9061193
* BOLD: 673199
* Calflora: 6660
* CoL: 4KLDG
* EoL: 1114599
* GBIF: 2704204
* GrassBase: imp08156
* iNaturalist: 78634
* IPNI: 416602-1
* IRMNG: 10208914
* ITIS: 41112
* NatureServe: 2.149734
* Open Tree of Life: 3950794
* Plant List: kew-435375
* PLANTS: POBI
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:204117-2
* Tropicos: 25550243
* WFO: wfo-0000891732

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