Poaceae
Alpine timothy
Phleum alpinum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phleum
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Common names
By language (19)
- Bulgarian
- Алпийска тимотейка
- Chinese
- 高山梯牧草
- Czech
- Bojínek alpský, Bojínek alpínský, Timotejka
- Danish
- Fjeld-Rottehale
- English
- Alpine timothy, Alpine cat's-tail, Mountain timothy
- Finnish
- Pohjantähkiö
- French
- Fléole des Alpes, Phléole des Alpes
- German
- Alpen-Lieschgras, Alpenlieschgräs
- Hebrew
- איטן האלפים
- hsb
- Alpski pasnik
- Icelandic
- Fjallafoxgras, Fjallafox
- Japanese
- ミヤマアワガエリ, 深山粟返り
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjelltimotei
- Persian
- دمگربهای کوهسری
- Polish
- Tymotka alpejska
- Swedish
- Fjälltimotej
- udm
- Тордэм модосо йыртурын, Тордэм модосо тимофейтурын
- Ukrainian
- Тимофіївка альпійська
- Welsh
- Rhonwellt y mynydd
Synonyms
- Phleum alpinum f. alpinum
- Phleum alpinum f. bracteolatum Dans.
- Phleum alpinum f. subcapitatum (Schur) Serb. & Nyár.
- Phleum alpinum subsp. alpinum
- Phleum alpinum subsp. commutatum (Gaud.) Malag.
- Phleum alpinum subsp. rhaeticum Humphries
- Phleum alpinum var. ambiguum Beck
- Phleum alpinum var. americanum E.Fourn.
- Phleum alpinum var. commutatum (Gaudich.) Boiss.
- Phleum alpinum var. commutatum (Gaudin) Griseb.
- Phleum alpinum var. foliosum Reut.
- Phleum alpinum var. nigricans Schur
- Phleum alpinum var. parviceps Briq.
- Phleum alpinum var. scribnerianum Pomel
- Phleum alpinum var. subcapitatum Schur
- Phleum alpinum var. tenue Trin.
- Phleum arcticum Giesecke ex Lange
- Phleum capitatum Scop.
- Phleum commutatum Gaudin
- Phleum commutatum var. americanum (E.Fourn.) Hultén
- Phleum commutatum var. commutatum
- 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 pratense subsp. alpinum (L.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Phleum pratense subsp. alpinum (L.) Čelak.
- Phleum pratense var. alpinum (L.) Celak.
- Phleum pratense var. alpinum (L.) Schreb.
- Phleum rhaeticum (Humphries) Rauschert
- Phleum subalpinum Brügger
- Phleum vaginatum Sennen
- Plantinia alpina (L.) Bubani
- Plantinia tournefortii Bubani
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: steffituennemann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dbiekart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: natdom2, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Olivier Montreuil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Andrea Sch., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gabriel OLLIVIER, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.