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|accepted_name=Poa bulbosa
|accepted_authority=L.
|publications=
|common_names=Bulbous bluegrass
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Poa;Poa subg. Poa;Poa sect. Arenariae;Poa bulbosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Poa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Poa subg. Poa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Poa sect. Arenariae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Poa bulbosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 516
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; densely tufted, not rhizomatous, not stoloniferous. <b>Basal</b> branching intravaginal. <b>Culms</b> 15-60 cm, erect or spreading, bases bulbous. <b>Sheaths</b> closed for about 1/4 their length, terete, lowest sheaths with swollen bases; ligules 1-3 mm, smooth or scabrous, apices obtuse to acute; blades 1-2.5 mm wide, flat, thin, lax, soon withering. <b>Panicles</b> 3-12 cm, ovoid; nodes with 2-5 branches; branches ascending to spreading, terete, usually smooth or sparsely scabrous, infrequently moderately scabrous. <b>Spikelets</b> 3-5 mm, laterally compressed, usually bulbiferous; florets 3-7, the basal floret, and sometimes additional florets, normal; rachilla internodes smooth, glabrous. <b>Glumes</b> keeled, keels scabrous; lower glumes 3-veined; upper glumes shorter than or subequal to the lowest lemmas; calluses webbed or glabrous; lemmas 3-4 mm, lanceolate, keeled, glabrous or the keels and marginal veins short- to long-villous, intercostal regions glabrous or softly puberulent, apices acute; paleas scabrous, keels often softly puberulent at midlength; anthers 1.2-1.5 mm and functional, sometimes aborted late in development, sometimes not developed. <b>2n</b> = 14, 21, 28, 39, 42, 45.</span><!--

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|distribution=Wash.;Del.;Wis.;W.Va.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wyo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;Tenn.;Pa.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Ariz.;Idaho;Conn.;Md.;Mass.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Kans.;Mont.;Oreg.;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Poa bulbosa</i> is a European species that is now established in the Flora region. In southern Europe and the Middle East, it is considered an important early spring forage.</p>
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Spikelets not bulbiferous
|[[Poa bulbosa subsp. bulbosa|Poa bulbosa subsp. bulbosa]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|All or some spikelets bulbiferous
|[[Poa bulbosa subsp. vivipara|Poa bulbosa subsp. vivipara]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Poa bulbosa
|authority=L.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Sandy Long
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
|distribution=Wash.;Del.;Wis.;W.Va.;N.J.;N.Y.;Wyo.;N.Mex.;Tex.;La.;N.C.;Tenn.;Pa.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Ark.;Vt.;Ill.;Ga.;Ind.;Iowa;N.Dak.;Nebr.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Ariz.;Idaho;Conn.;Md.;Mass.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Minn.;Mich.;Kans.;Mont.;Oreg.;Ky.
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V24/V24_719.xml
|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Poa
|subgenus=Poa subg. Poa
|section=Poa sect. Arenariae
|species=Poa bulbosa
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