Poa annua L., Sp. Pl. 68 1753. (Syn: Aira pumila Pursh; Catabrosa pumila Roem. & Schult.; ;Ochlopoa annua (L.) H.Scholz; Poa aestivalis J.Presl; Poa algida Trin.; Poa annua var. annua  ……..; Poa bipollicaris Hochst.; Poa hansiana Nees [Invalid]; Poa hohenackeri Trin.; Poa humilis Lej. [Illegitimate]; Poa meyenii Nees & Meyen; Poa ovalis Tineo; Poa puberula Steud.; Poa royleana Nees ex Steud.; Poa variegata Haller f. [Illegitimate] ..);
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Temp. Old World to Tropical Mountains: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, Iceland, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antarctica, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Ascension, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cuba, Delaware, Desventurados Is., District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Florida, Free State, Galápagos, Georgia, Greenland, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Heard-McDonald Is., Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Maine, Malaya, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Namibia, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Réunion, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South Georgia, St.Helena, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Zambia, Zimbabwe as per POWO;
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Common name: Annual Bluegrass, Annual Meadow Grass • Manipuri: ꯋꯥꯏꯅꯨ ꯆꯔꯥ Wainu chara • Malayalam: Kolapullu • Nepali: पोडे घाँस Pode Ghaas;
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Poa annua from Arunachal Pradesh:
Locality: Mariyang (ca 850m), Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh
Date: March, 2006 

–  Very common in Delhi these days.


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180312::Merrut::Sl. No.-3: No attachments.
Date/Time- 11th March, 2012

Location- Place- Merrut, Uttar Pradesh
Habitat- Wild
Plant Habit- shrub
Height- 50cm
type – monocot
Link-http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9865307

Looks like Poa annua….



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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Poa annua from Delhi-GS96Attachments (4). 1 post by 1 author.
Poa annua Linn., Sp. Pl. 1:68. 1753
Very common weed in lawns, cultivated fields and roadsides in Delhi. Photographed in Vikas Puri, Delhi in February

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Poa annua L.: 6 very high res. images.

Location: Gyaneswor, Kathmandu
Date: 25 October 2022
Elevation: 1400m.
Habitat: Wild

Nepali Name  : पोडे घाँस Pode Ghaas


Yes. It is common here.


 


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References:
POWO  Flowers of India

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