Phleum phleoides
| Phleum phleoides | |
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| Phleum phleoides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Phleum |
| Species: | P. phleoides |
| 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 on 2015-02-25. 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.