Bigelow Bluegrass
Poa bigelovii
15 km south of Aguila, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. March 2017.
ANNUAL GRASS: A delicate annual growing in small clumps and not much exceeding
30 cm tall. Present in spring following good precipitation.
RANGE: Can be found along washes or on gentle slopes through much of the Sonoran Desert
but is often hard to see.
LEAVES: Leaf blades about 2 mm wide.
wide.
SPIKES: Narrow branching panicle with slightly compressed florets. Three to eight florets per spike.
UNARMED