Common name
English: Annual bluegrass, Annual meadow grass
German: Einjähriges Rispengras
Portuguese: Cabelo-de-cão
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Poa (1)
Epithet: annua L. (4)
Synonyms: Aira pumila Pursh, Catabrosa pumila (Pursh) Roem. & Schult., Ochlopoa annua (L.) H.Scholz, Poa aestivalis J.Presl, Poa algida Trin., Poa bipollicaris Hochst., Poa hohenackeri Trin., Poa meyenii Nees & Meyen, Poa ovalis Tineo, Poa puberula Steud., Poa royleana Nees ex Steud.
aestivalis => pertaining to summer, flowering in summer
annua => yearly, annual, lasting a year, within a year
hohenackeri => in honor of Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker (1798-1874), Swiss-German botanist and missionary
ovalis => oval, egg-shaped; elliptic, but broader at the base
pumila => short, very small, low, small, dwarf
Characteristics
Climate: temperate, sub-tropical, tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green