Poa
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Poa (ancient Greek name for grass or fodder). Gramineae. Mostly perennial grasses of low growth, several species of which are cultivated for forage and a few for ornament. Spikelets 2-6-fld., in open panicles; glumes shorter than the lemmas, awnless; lemmas keeled on back, membranaceous, scarious-margined, awnless, 5-nerved, often cobwebby at base.—About 100 species, natives of temperate and cold regions. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963