Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Ochlopoa // Species: Ochlopoa annua (L.) H. Scholz.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980) as Poa annua L. The accepted name in the Euro+Med PlantBase (source: Valdés et all., 2009) is Ochlopoa annua (L.) H. Scholz.
Distribution: Native from the Temperate Old World to Cameroon and East Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Disturbed ground – ruderal areas, roadsides, paths, cultivated land, orchards and gardens, wastelands, in and near settlements.
Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Spring- summer: APR, MAY, JUN.
References:
Ochlopoa annua. Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009). Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7711786&PTRefFk=7100000 [Accessed 02.05.2022].
Poa annua L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320035-2 [Accessed 02.05.2022].
Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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