Poaceae
British timothy
Phleum paniculatum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phleum
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- خرفار خشن السويق
- Chinese
- 鬼蜡烛, 鬼蠟燭, 假看麦娘, 催产草, 日本梯牧草
- Czech
- Bojínek latnatý
- English
- British timothy
- German
- Raues Lieschgras, Rispen-Lieschgras
- Swedish
- Stentimotej
Synonyms
- Chilochloa annua (M.Bieb.) Roem. & Schult.
- Chilochloa aspera P.Beauv.
- Chilochloa paniculata (Huds.) P.Beauv.
- Phalaris aspera Retz.
- Phalaris paniculata (Huds.) Aiton
- Phalaris tenuifolia Steud.
- Phleum annuum M.Bieb.
- Phleum asperum Jacq.
- Phleum asperum var. annuum (M.Bieb.) Griseb.
- Phleum asperum var. asperum
- Phleum asperum var. ciliatum Boiss.
- Phleum asperum var. japonicum (Franch. & Sav.) Hack.
- Phleum japonicum Franch. & Sav.
- Phleum lima C.C.Gmel.
- Phleum odoratum Roem. & Schult.
- Phleum paniculatum subsp. annuum (M.Bieb.) Holub
- Phleum paniculatum subsp. ciliatum (Boiss.) Dogan
- Phleum paniculatum var. annuum (M.Bieb.) G.Westb.
- Phleum paniculatum var. annuum (M.Bieb.) Honda
- Phleum paniculatum var. biebersteinii Grossh.
- Phleum paniculatum var. ciliatum (Boiss.) Bor
- Phleum paniculatum var. ciliatum (Boiss.) Kitam.
- Phleum sibiricum C.C.Gmel.
- Phleum viride All.
- Plantinia aspera Bubani
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Гущина Ангелина Викторовна, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Наталья Пикалова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bat (Maria Vorontsova), CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.