Taxon: Poa pratensis L. subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang.

Summary

Genus:

Poa

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Poinae

Nomen number:

408368

Place of publication:

Comp. fl. ital. 787. 1882

Comment:

Dumortier did not publish this at subspecies rank in Observ. Gramin. belg. 112. 1824 (as Poa pratensis *P. angustifolia) fide W. Greuter (pers. comm. via e-mail on 30 Jul 2014)

Verified:

01/24/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

89 (86 active, 85 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Poa pratensis L. (847 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. agassizensis (B. Boivin & D. Löve) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. alpigena (Blytt) Hiitonen (2 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Poa pratensis L. subsp. pratensis (8 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Poa angustifolia L.

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Lindb. f. (1906); = P. angustifolia L.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Lej.; = P. angustifolia L.
Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Hayek (1932); = P. angustifolia L.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811)
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Dumort.; = P. angustifolia L.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	narrow-leaf meadow grass	as Poa angustifolia	1	Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Dumort.; = P. angustifolia L.
German	schmalblättriges Rispengras		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
Swedish	smalgröe		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Algeria
1	Native	Africa	Northern Africa	Morocco			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Arabian Peninsula	Saudi Arabia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kazakhstan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Uzbekistan			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation-Far East	Far East		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia	Eastern Siberia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation-Western Siberia	Western Siberia		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Cyprus			Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Hayek (1932); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey			Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Lindb. f. (1906); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan			Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811)
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Belarus			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Estonia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Latvia			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Moldova			Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Russian Federation-European part	European part		Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine		incl. Krym	Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Germany			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Hungary			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Netherlands			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Poland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Slovakia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Denmark			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Finland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Ireland			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	Sweden			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece		incl. Crete	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy		incl. Sardinia, Sicily	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Romania			Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Serbia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Slovenia			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France		incl. Corsica	Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	New Brunswick
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Newfoundland and Labrador
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Nova Scotia
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Québec
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maine
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Hampshire
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Vermont
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Idaho
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Oregon
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Washington
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah
1	Native	Northern America	Subarctic America	Canada	Northwest Territories
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	British Columbia
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan
4	Naturalized					natzd. elsewhere in temperate regions
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.

Native
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Turkey
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica)

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California, Nevada, Utah]

Naturalized

REGION:

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina

Reference(s)

Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Lindb. f. (1906); = P. angustifolia L.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Meikle, R. D. 1977-1985. Flora of Cyprus. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Hayek (1932); = P. angustifolia L.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Gaudin (1811); = P. angustifolia L.
Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR Note: lists as Poa pratensis subsp. angustifolia (L.) Arcang. (1882)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=408368. Accessed 15 April 2026.