- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Phleum alpinum var. americanum E.Fourn.; Phleum alpinum f. bracteolatum Dans.; Phleum alpinum subsp. rhaeticum Humphries; Phleum alpinum f. subcapitatum (Schur) Serb. & Nyár.; Phleum arcticum Giesecke ex Lange; Phleum capitatum Scop.; Phleum commutatum Gaudin; Phleum commutatum var. americanum (E.Fourn.) Hultén; Phleum geniculatum Bellardi ex Vitman; Phleum gerardii Panz.; Phleum haenkeanum J.Presl; Phleum mouterdei A.Camus; Phleum nigricans Willd. ex Trin.; Phleum ovatum Jacquem. ex Hook.f.; Phleum parviceps (Briq.) Rouy; Phleum rhaeticum (Humphries) Rauschert; Phleum subalpinum Brügger; Phleum vaginatum Sennen; Plantinia alpina (L.) Bubani; Plantinia tournefortii Bubani
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phleum alpinum L.
- Common name : Alpine Cat Tail, Alpine timothy
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wet alpine meadows, damp soil around bushes, riversides; 2500 - 3900 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Perennial herbs; culms ascending from creeping base; Leaves flat; sheaths inflated; Panicle ovoid or oblong, green or purplish; Spikelets oblong.
- Flower, Fruit : June-October
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Native : Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Islands, Altay, Argentina, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Chile, China, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, G
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Islands, Altay, Argentina, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Chile, China, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Iceland, Idaho, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Islands, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Manchuria, Mexico, Michigan, Mongolia, Montana, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South Georgia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, Yukon
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 271
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 301
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phleum alpinum. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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