Poaceae
Timothy canarygrass
Phalaris angusta
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phalaris
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- خرفار رفيع
- English
- Timothy canarygrass
- Swedish
- Smalflen
Synonyms
- Phalaris angusta f. composita Jansen & Wacht.
- Phalaris angusta f. interrupta Jansen & Wacht.
- Phalaris angusta f. macra Hack. ex Jansen & Wacht.
- Phalaris angusta f. macra Hack.
- Phalaris angusta var. angusta
- Phalaris angusta var. robusta Jansen & Wacht.
- Phalaris chilensis J.Presl
- Phalaris intermedia var. angusta (Nees ex Trin.) Chapm.
- Phalaris laxa Spreng. ex Steud.
- Phalaris ludowiciana Torr. ex Trin.
- Phalaris segetalis Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: demianlescano, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: jim isleib, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.