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Poa acinaciphylla

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
C. Chile
Climate
temperate

About

Poa acinaciphylla is a grass species native to Chile, first described by Étienne-Émile Desvaux and published in Flora Chilena (1853). It is characterized by its yellowish, glabrous habit, tufted rhizomes, and fertile culms reaching up to 75 cm (30 in) in height. The species bears narrow, folded leaves and a lax, inclined panicle with spikelets containing 1–3 fertile florets. The native range of this species is Central Chile and is a perennial growing primarily in the temperate biome.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa acinaciphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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