Poa glauca var. pekulnejensis

(Jurtzev & Tzvelev) Prob.
Common names: Pekulnei bluegrass
Synonyms: Poa pekulnejensis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 578.
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Illustrator: Sandy Long

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Plants glaucous; densely tufted. Culms 5-20 cm. Sheaths closed for 1/10 – 1/5 their length. Spikelets bulbiferous; florets bulb-forming; anthers aborted, about 0.8 mm or undeveloped. 2n = unknown.

Discussion

Poa glauca var. pekulnejensis is known only from sporadic records in Alaska and the Russian Far East. It can be difficult to distinguish from P. hartzii subsp. vrangelica (p. 589), but differs in its tighter habit and thicker glumes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Robert J. Soreng +
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Wash. +, Maine +, N.H. +, Vt. +, Wis. +, Idaho +, Oreg. +, Wyo. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, Pa. +, Alaska +, Nev. +, Colo. +, Calif. +, Ariz. +, Mich. +, Mont. +, Utah +, Minn. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +  and S.Dak. +
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