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Poa novarae

Poa novarae is a perennial grass native to Saint Paul Island in the southern Indian Ocean, rarely grown in gardens. Care notes below are general grass guidance, since the sources say little about its cultivation.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a standard potting mix.
Temperature
10–20 °C suits it best; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
St. Paul I.
Climate
temperate

About

Poa novarae is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae (grasses), native to Saint Paul Island. It was first described by Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt in 1871.

Other Poa plants

Catalina grass · Catalina grass · Short bluegrass · Limestone Cushion Poa · Poa acinaciphylla · Grass Lane Cove River · Alpigene Bluegrass · Alpine bluegrass · Grove bluegrass · Hartz's Bluegrass · Narrow-leaved meadow-grass · Annual Meadow Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Poa novarae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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