Poa annua
Annual Meadow Grass
Poa annua, Annual Meadow Grass, is most familiar as a garden weed. It is a low growing, spreading, bright green grass that is marginally perennial. The leaves bear characteristic transverse wrinkles.
Photograph detail
Slide 1: Poa annua, Annual Meadow Grass. Plant with flower spike. Collected from a garden in Redmire. April.
Slide 2: Poa annua, Annual Meadow Grass. Flower spike. Collected from a garden in Redmire. April.
Slide 3: Poa annua, Annual Meadow Grass. Flower, showing anthers. Collected from a garden in Redmire. April.
Slide 4: Poa annua, Annual Meadow Grass. Part of slightly curled leaf showing transverse wrinkles. Collected from a garden in Redmire. April.