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Poa alpina
A pseudoviviparous plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Poa
Species:	P. alpina
Binomial name
Poa alpina L.

Poa alpina, commonly known as alpine meadow-grass or alpine bluegrass, is a species of grass with a primarily holarctic distribution.

It is noted for being pseudoviviparous: in place of seeds, it sometimes reproduces asexually, creating new plantlets in the spikelets.

• In Montana, USA
• Spiklets with hairy lemmas

References

1. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
2. Poa alpina, Alpine bluegrass MNFI.
3. NRCS. "Poa alpina". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 October 2015.
4. "Poa alpina L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
5. Simon Pierce; Clare M. Stirling; Robert Baxter. "Pseudoviviparous Reproduction of Poa alpina...During Long-term Exposure to Elevated Atmospheric CO2" (PDF).

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• Poa
• Holarctic flora
• Plants described in 1753
• Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
• Pooideae stubs