Poaceae
Sand timothy
Phleum arenarium
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phleum
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Common names
By language (12)
- Basque
- Harea-pleotza
- Danish
- Sand-Rottehale
- Dutch
- Zanddoddegras
- English
- Sand timothy, Sand cat's tail, Sand catstail
- Finnish
- Hietatähkiö
- French
- Fléole des sables
- German
- Sand-Lieschgras, Sandlieschgras
- hsb
- Pěskowy pasnik
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sandtimotei
- Russian
- Тимофеевка песчаная
- Swedish
- Sandtimotej
- Welsh
- Rhonwellt y tywyn
Synonyms
- Achnodon arenarius (L.) Link
- Achnodonton arenarium (L.) Trin.
- Chilochloa arenaria (L.) P.Beauv.
- Crypsis arenaria (L.) Desf.
- Phalaris arenaria (L.) Huds.
- Phalaris phleoides Steud.
- Phalaris phleoides var. arenaria (L.) Aiton
- Phleum arenarium f. filiformis Bolzon
- Phleum arenarium f. majus Bolzon
- Phleum arenarium f. minor Bolzon
- Phleum arenarium subsp. caesium H.Scholz
- Plantinia arenaria (L.) Bubani
- Poa arenaria (L.) Willd. ex Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.