Phleum phleoides
Phleum phleoides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Phleum |
Species: | P. phleoides
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Binomial name | |
Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst.
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Phleum phleoides (common names: Boehmer's cat's-tail and purple-stem cat's-tail[1]) is a perennial grass native to most of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. Culms are erect and 10–70 centimetres (3.9–27.6 in) in height; leaf blades are 5–12 centimetres (2.0–4.7 in) long by 1–3.5 millimetres (0.039–0.138 in) wide.[2]
It can be confused with related species Timothy-grass, Phleum pratense. However purple-stem cat's-tail prefers lighter soils and grows on chalk downland.[3]
References[]
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ W.D. Clayton; M. Vorontsova; K.T. Harman; H. Williamson. "GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora". Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew: The Board of Trustees.
- ^ Readers Digest Nature Lover's Library Wild Flowers of Britain. Reader's Digest. 1988. p. 430.
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Categories:
- Pooideae
- Grasses of Africa
- Grasses of Asia
- Grasses of Europe
- Flora of North Africa
- Flora of temperate Asia
- Pooideae stubs