Poa malacantha Kom.
 
FamilyGramineae — APG family: Poaceae
SynonymsPoa komarovii Roshev.
DescriptionDensely tufted, with short runners, glabrous; culm surrounded by old sheaths at base; leaves flat, 2~4 mm broad, with ligules 2-4 mm long; panicle pyramidal or ovate; spikelets lanceolate; glumes lanceolate; lemma distinctly nerved, pubescent below, with longer pubescence on nerves.
EcologyMeadows and stony slopes on tundra and in the mountains.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.