Details for: PI 236896, Poa alpina L.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Poa alpina L.
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
22 Jan 1957
PI Assigned:
1957
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 236896 91i 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.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Poa alpina L.
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
22 Jan 1957
PI Assigned:
1957
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected

Canada
Locality: From northeastern slope, Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park.

Collector(s):
Donated
22 January 1957.
Maryland, United States
Comment: Native and naturalized forage and ornamental plants collected in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, June, July and August, 1956.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Poa alpina L.
Genus:
Poa
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Poinae
Nomen number:

28896
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:67. 1753
Verified:
05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishalpine bluegrass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishalpine meadow grass  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishbluegrass  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
GermanAlpen-Rispengras  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedishfjällgröe  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transliterated Russianmjatlik al' pijskij  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
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Pathogens
Vouchers
Herbarium specimen
  • Saufferer, Sandy, USDA, ARS. 2007. Located at Pullman, Washington. Inventory sample: PI 236896. Sandy Saufferer made Herbarium 1997 or earlier.
Citations
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GROWTHAggressiveAggressiveness (coded)3 - WEAK GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf numberRelative number of leaves3 - FEW GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf PositionLeaf position (coded)2 - CAULINE GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLeaf StrengthLeaf strength (coded)1 - TENDER GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRoot TypeRoot type (coded)1 - SOD GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYShatterAmount of shattering (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem HabitStem growth habit (coded).1 - ERECT GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem NumberStem number (coded)3 - FEW GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem StrengthStem strength (coded)2 - AVERAGE GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYStem TextureStem texture (coded)2 - MEDIUM GRASS.W6PI 236896 57o SDNot Available