Details for: PI 595588, Poa compressa L., 'HARMONY'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Poa compressa L.

Cultivar:

'HARMONY'

Origin:

Developed – Netherlands

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1978

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	200 count		PI 595588 97i SD

Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.

Restrictions
Prohibited Plant
https://www.nationalplantboard.org/uploads/1/3/6/7/136771235/connecticut_2024.pdf

USA – Connecticut

There are no images for this accession.

Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Poa compressa L.

Cultivar:

'HARMONY'

Origin:

Developed – Netherlands

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1978

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1978.
Netherlands

Developer(s):

Zwaan & de Wiljes Seed Company, Inc.

Donated

1978.
Netherlands

Donor(s):

Zwaan & de Wiljes Seed Company, Inc.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'HARMONY'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Best adapted to Northeast. Late maturity, 78 cm in height, semi-prostrate, rhizomes. Moderately dark green leaf blade, dull upper surface, shiny lower surface, pubescent, smooth, non-glaucous. Panicle 111 mm long, 60/plant. Seed more than 95% apomictic, 482 gm/10,000 seeds. Moderate turf density, medium vertical growth rate, early spring green up,not dormant. Susceptible to poor fertility. Resistant to cool temperatures, shade, wear, cold injury, soil compaction, heat, poor drainage, drought. Resistant to Helminthosporium vagans, Erysiphe graminis, Ustilago striiformis, Fusarium nivale, Puccinia poa nemoralis.

Poa compressa L.

Genus:

Poa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Poinae

Nomen number:

28934

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:69. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Canada bluegrass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Canadian bluegrass		1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	flattened meadow grass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada)	Canada blue grass	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 24.
French	pâturin comprimé		2	Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
French (Canada)	pâturin comprimé	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 24.
German	flaches Rispengras		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Italian	poa compressa		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	ko-ichigo-tsunagi		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Swedish	berggröe		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	jia na da zao shu he		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	jompoapul		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russian	mjatlik spljusnutyj		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Seed weight 100	Weight of 100 seeds in grams.	0.032		GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPIS	PI 595588 97i SD