Poaceae
Smaller cat's-tail
Phleum bertolonii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phleum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Czech
- Bojínek hlíznatý
- Danish
- Knold-Rottehale
- Dutch
- Klein timoteegras
- English
- Smaller cat's-tail, Diploid timothy
- Estonian
- Mugultimut
- Finnish
- Ketotähkiö
- Welsh
- Rhonwellt penfain
Synonyms
- Phleum abbreviatum (Boiss.) Rivas Mart., A.Asensi, Molero Mesa & F.Valle
- Phleum brachystachyum subsp. abbreviatum (Boiss.) Gamisans, A.T.Romero & C.Morales
- Phleum castelnavi Sennen
- Phleum hubbardii D.Kovats
- Phleum intermedium Jord.
- Phleum nodosum var. minus DC.
- Phleum nodosum var. serotinum (Jord.) Martrin-Donos
- Phleum praecox Jord.
- Phleum praecox var. delphinense Beauverd
- Phleum pratense subsp. abbreviatum (Boiss.) J.Molero Mesa & F.Pérez Raya
- Phleum pratense subsp. bertolonii (DC.) Şerb. & Nyár.
- Phleum pratense subsp. hubbardii (D.Kovats) Soó
- Phleum pratense subsp. intermedium (Jord.) Berher
- Phleum pratense subsp. praecox (Jord.) Berher
- Phleum pratense subsp. serotinum (Jord.) Berher
- Phleum pratense var. abbreviatum Boiss.
- Phleum pratense var. bertolonii (DC.) Beck
- Phleum pratense var. bertolonii (DC.) Woods
- Phleum pratense var. debile Velen.
- Phleum pratense var. maximum Lojac.
- Phleum pratense var. serotinum (Jord.) St.-Lag.
- Phleum serotinum Jord.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Noé Fleury Frouart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pete_gateley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:57, 13 February 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.