Poa glauca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Poinae
Genus: Poa
Species: Poa glauca
Subspecies: P. g. subsp. altaica – P. g. subsp. glauca – P. g. subsp. rupicola

Poa glauca Vahl in G.C.Oeder & al. (eds.), Fl. Dan. 17: 3 (1790)

Homotypic
- Paneion glaucum (Vahl) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 222 (1915)
- Poa caesia subsp. glauca (Vahl) Hartm. in Sv. Norsk Exc.-Fl.: 19 (1846), nom. superfl.
- Poa caesia var. glauca (Vahl) Hartm. in Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 8: 264 (1870), nom. superfl.
- Poa nemoralis var. glauca (Vahl) Gaudin in Agrost. Helv. 1: 182 (1811)
- Poa nemoralis proles glauca (Vahl) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 411 (1900)
- Poa nemoralis subsp. glauca (Vahl) Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 1: 240 (1828)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- RegionalːSubarctic & Subalpine Northern Hemisphere
  - Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon
- Introduced into:
  - Argentina South, Chile South

Vahl, M., 1790. Flora Danica Icones Plantarum ... Florae Danicae Nomine Inscriptum. Kobenhavn. 6(17):3, t. 964.

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Tropicos.org 2025. Poa glauca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 December 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Poa glauca. Published online. Accessed: December 30 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poa glauca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: December 30. Reference page.