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Latin name: Poa annua
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Family: Poaceae
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Common name: annual bluegrass
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Life cycle: annual
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Habit: clump forming grass
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Foliage: linear, glasslike. A
unique identification characteristic of the weed is its blueish-green
colored foliage, and the canoe shape of its leaf tips.
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Flower: Inflorescence are generally
pyramidal, grow only slightly larger than the foliage, and are bright white
in color.
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Seedlings: Annual bluegrass is
a monocot, so it only has a single cotyledon. The cotyledon looks
very similar to true leaves.
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