Biology:Poa curtifolia

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Short description: Species of plant

Poa curtifolia
Poa curtifolia 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Poa
Species:
P. curtifolia
Binomial name
Poa curtifolia
Scribn.

Poa curtifolia is a species of grass found on serpentine soils in the Wenatchee Mountains of Washington State.[1][2]

Description

Poa curtifolia is a small grass with firm prominently veined blue-green leaves that are 1.5-3.0 mm wide, generally with a thickened whitish margin. The leaf collar is yellowish and the ligule is membranous.[2]

Range and ecology

Poa curtifolia is endemic to serpentine scree and soils in the Wenatchee Mountains of Washington State.[2][3]

Taxonomy

References

  1. "Poa curtifolia" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/167085-Poa-curtifolia. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hitchcock, C.L. and Cronquist, A. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd Edition, p. 812. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
  3. Burke Herbarium Image Collection

Wikidata ☰ Q10807701 entry