Wiesen-Rispengras
"Poa pratensis" was one of the many species described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark work "Species Plantarum" in 1753. "Poa" is Greek for fodder and "pratensis" is derived from "pratum", the Latin for meadow. The name Kentucky bluegrass derives from its flower heads, which are blue when the plant is allowed to grow to its natural height of .