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Narrowleaf Meadow-Grass
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Narrowleaf Meadow-Grass
P Native Photo: Tabish
Common name: Narrowleaf Meadow-Grass
Botanical name: Poa angustifolia    Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Synonyms: Poa pratensis var. angustifolia

Narrowleaf Meadow-Grass is a loosely to densely clustered green or greyish-green perennial grass with stems 20-70 cm high. Basal leaf-blades are wiry and bristle-like, 3-40 cm long, 0.8-1.5 mm wide, often as long as the stems, the upper shorter and sometimes flat. Ligule is usually not decurrent on the sheath margins. Spikelets are 2.5-5 mm long; lemmas 2-3 mm long. Narrowleaf Meadow-Grass is native to the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, including the Himalayas. Flowering: April-August.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in Srinagar, Kashmir.

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