Annual Meadow-grass - Poa annua
Description
5 to 30 cm tall tufted or creeping, sprawling habit. Panicles 1 to 8 cm long, pyramidal in shape with 1 to 4 spreading branches at each node, the lower branches later often bet down. Spikelets pale green sometimes, pink or purple flushed.
Habitat
Almost anywhere.
When to see it
All year round.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Abundant throughout Britain, and one of the world's most successful plants.
VC55 Status
Abundant in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 604 of the 617 tetrads.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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