Poa trivialis L. subsp. sylvicola (Guss.) H. Lindb. f.

Spice

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Poa

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Characteristics: A Graminae that can grow to a meter in height. Forms a shortened and ovate panicle with spikelets that can be violet in colour. Forms not very dense lawns. The type subspecies has an open and pyramidal panicle and a thinner and rounder rhizome (P. trivialis subsp. sylvicola has a thick rhizome with moliniform roots that remind one of a collar of pearls).