Phleum pratense L.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Achnodonton bulbosum (Gouan) J.Woods; Phleum bertolonii subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Kerguélen; Phleum brachystachyum (Salis) Gamisans, A.T.Romero & C.Morales; Phleum bulbosum Gouan; Phleum deckeri Roem. ex Trin.; Phleum fallax Janka; Phleum maximum Pryor; Phleum microstachyum Ruiz ex Nyman; Phleum nodosum L.; Phleum parnassicum Boiss. & Heldr. ex Nyman; Phleum praecox Jord.; Phleum pratense subsp. brachystachyum (Salis) Gamisans; Phleum pratense f. elongatum (Schur) Serb. & Nyár.; Phleum pratense f. fallax (Janka) Serb. & Nyár.; Phleum pratense subsp. microstachyum (Ruiz ex Nyman) Malag.; Phleum pratense subsp. roshevitzii (Pavlov) Tzvelev; Phleum pratense var. stoloniferum (Host) Rchb.; Phleum pratense subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Kerguélen; Phleum roshevitzii Pavlov; Phleum stoloniferum Host; Phleum trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Rivas Mart., A.Asensi, Molero Mesa & F.Valle; Phleum tuberosum Panz. ex Trin.; Phleum villosum Opiz; Phleum vulgare Chase & Niles; Plantinia pratensis (L.) Bubani; Stelephuros pratensis (L.) Lunell
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phleum pratense L.
  • Common name : Timothy'-grass, Meadow cat's-tail, Common cat's tail
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Grasslands, steppe, forest margins
  • Key identification features : Panicle over 4 times as long as broad; awns 0.2-2 mm long, not much more than one-third the length of the glumes
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Albania, Altay, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kir
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Azores, Morocco, Europe to Siberia, West Himalaya and Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Bermuda, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Chatham Is., Chile, China, Colorado, Connecticut, Crozet Is., Delaware, District of Columbia, Egypt, Falkland Is., Florida, Georgia, Greenland, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South Georgia, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phleum pratense. Downloaded on 6 December 2024.

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