Details for: PI 578807, Poa glauca Vahl, 'DRAYLAR'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Poa glauca Vahl

Cultivar:

'DRAYLAR'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1965

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 578807 95o 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 glauca Vahl

Cultivar:

'DRAYLAR'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1965

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

PRE 1965.
Washington, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

1965.
Washington, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, SCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'DRAYLAR'

Type: Cultivar name

P-410/BN-9319

Type: Other or unclassified name

USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Narrative

Apomictic, 2n=50(4,5). Perennial, loosely tufted, glaucus bunchgrass. Slow tillering. Culms numerous, compressed, fine, wiry and ascending. Leaf blades numerous, flat, short, dark green and well distributed on culms. Seed heads lax, numerous, nodding at maturity. Seeds small. Resembles Canada bluegrass but produces 50-100% more seed. More lodging resistent. Persistent, low dense growth, adapted to low fertility soils and resistant to common stem and leaf rusts. Used primarily for roadsides and ditchbank ground cover.

Poa glauca Vahl

Genus:

Poa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Poinae

Nomen number:

28949

Place of publication:

Fl. dan. 6(17):3, t. 964. 1790

Verified:

05/13/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Poa glauca Vahl subsp. glauca (2 active accession[s])
Poa glauca Vahl subsp. litvinoviana (Ovcz.) Tzvelev (1 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Poa balfourii Parn.
Poa caesia Sm.
Poa glauca Vahl var. glaucanthos (Gaudin) Lindm.
Poa glaucanthos Gaudin

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	glaucantha bluegrass		1	1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
English	glaucous bluegrass	as Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha	1	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha
English	glaucous meadow grass		1	Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
English	upland bluegrass	as Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha	1	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Poa glauca subsp. glaucantha
German	blaugrünes Rispengras		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedish	blågröe		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 13 May 1992, from Poa glaucanthos Gaudin to Poa glauca Vahl