Poa
41 species in Aust. (35 native, 6 naturalized); all states and territories
Tufted annuals or perennials. Ligule membranous or sometimes reduced to cilia. Leaf blade, flat, folded, involute or convolute. Spikelets with 2–10 florets, disarticulating above the glumes. Inflorescence a panicle, loose and spreading or rarely narrow and spike-like. Glumes keeled, awnless, unequal, usually acute. Lemmas keeled, obtuse or acute; nerves not confluent towards the tip. Callus often with loose woolly hairs.