Poa supinaSchrad.

supine bluegrass

WFO wfo-0000894002 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Poa supina, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. a Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-09 / obs. 92618311
Poa supina, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99831436
Poa supina, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. c Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75702656
Poa supina, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. d Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74314193
Poa supina, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. e Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99832405
Poa supina, photographed by Valerii Glazunov
fig. f Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202099493
Poa supina, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. g Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200209031
Poa supina, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. h Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48788202

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Native range 43 botanical countries

Regions where Poa supina is native: Morocco, Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China South-Central, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Austria, Belarus, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, North European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine MoroccoAfghanistanAltayBuryatiyaChina South-CentralChitaIrkutskKrasnoyarskMongoliaNorth CaucasusTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaEast HimalayaNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAustriaBelarusCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyItalyNorth European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine
Native distribution of Poa supina, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Austria AUT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Buryatiya BRY
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Irkutsk IRK
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
Morocco MOR AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 29 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ochlopoa bifida (S.E.Fröhner) Tzvelev
  • Ochlopoa rivulorum (Maire & Trab.) H.Scholz & Valdés
  • Ochlopoa supina (Schrad.) H.Scholz & Valdés
  • Ochlopoa ustulata (S.E.Fröhner) Tzvelev
  • Poa annua f. alpigena Schur
  • Poa annua f. macranthera Litard. & Maire
  • Poa annua f. pygmaea Schur
  • Poa annua subsp. supina (Schrad.) Husn.
  • Poa annua subsp. varia (Gaudich.) Gaudich.
  • Poa annua subsp. varia (Gaudin) Gaudin
  • Poa annua var. exigua (Husn.) Hack.
  • Poa annua var. rivulorum (Maire & Trab.) Litard. & Maire
  • Poa annua var. supina (Schrad.) Link
  • Poa annua var. supina (Schrad.) Spenn.
  • Poa annua var. varia Gaudich.
  • Poa bifida S.E.Fröhner
  • Poa duriuscula Willd. ex Spreng.
  • Poa exigua Foucaud & E.Mandon ex Husn.
  • Poa foucaudii Hack.
  • Poa rivulorum Maire & Trab.
  • Poa supina f. alpigena (Schur) Soó
  • Poa supina f. exigua (Hack.) Gamisans
  • Poa supina f. pygmaea (Schur) Soó
  • Poa supina subsp. foucaudii (Hack.) Pignatti

and 5 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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