Annual Bluegrass

Annual Bluegrass

Common name: Annual Bluegrass

Latin name: Poa annua L.

Family: Poaceae

Life Cycle: Annual

Type: Grass

Description: Annual Bluegrass is a troublesome winter annual weed that can persist and produce unsightly seedheads in mowed turf, even at extremely low mowing heights as in putting greens. Like all bluegrasses it’s leaves have folded vernation and a boat-shaped tip. Ligule is membranous and the auricle is absent.

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