Poaceae
Boehmer's cat's-tail
Phleum phleoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phleum
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- فلويد الوريد
- Azerbaijani
- Bozqır pişikquyruğu
- Belarusian
- Цімафееўка стэпавая
- Bulgarian
- Степна тимотейка
- Chinese
- 假梯牧草
- Czech
- Bojínek tuhý, Bojínek Boehmerův
- Danish
- Glat Rottehale
- English
- Boehmer's cat's-tail
- Estonian
- Loodtimut
- Finnish
- Helpitähkiö
- German
- Steppen-Lieschgras, Böhmers Lieschgräs
- hsb
- Suchi pasnik
- Lithuanian
- Stepinis motiejukas
- Mongolian
- Талын дурваалиг
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Smaltimotei
- Polish
- Tymotka Boehmera
- Romanian
- Timoftică de stepă
- Russian
- Тимофеевка степная
- Slovak
- Timotejka Boehmerova
- Swedish
- Flentimotej
- Welsh
- Rhonwellt coesddu
Synonyms
- Chilochloa boehmeri (Wibel) P.Beauv.
- Chilochloa boemerii P.Beauv.
- Chilochloa phleoides (L.) Desv.
- Heleochloa phalaroides (L.) P.Beauv.
- Phalaris phleoides L.
- Phalaris trigyna Host
- Phleum arvense Pourr.
- Phleum boehmeri Wibel
- Phleum boehmeri subsp. clausiflorum Neuman & Ahlfv.
- Phleum boehmeri subsp. cuspidatum (Roem. & Schult.) K.Richt.
- Phleum boehmeri var. altissimum Ducommun
- Phleum boehmeri var. blepharodes Asch. & Graebn.
- Phleum boehmeri var. gracile Hausskn.
- Phleum boehmeri var. imberbe Corb.
- Phleum boehmeri var. interruptum Zabel
- Phleum boehmeri var. laeve B.Fedtsch.
- Phleum boehmeri var. laxum Delastre
- Phleum boehmeri var. maximum Hack. & Briq.
- Phleum boehmeri var. sakarense Velen.
- Phleum boehmeri var. scabrum Lecoq & Lamotte
- Phleum brevifolium Dulac
- Phleum glabrum Bernh.
- Phleum hostii Jacq.
- Phleum laeve M.Bieb.
- Phleum phalaris Pers.
- Phleum phalaroides Koeler
- Phleum phalaroides var. angustifolium Beck
- Phleum phalaroides var. latifolium Beck
- Phleum phalaroides var. lobatum Beck
- Phleum phleoides subsp. purpurascens Zimmerman
- Phleum phleoides var. blepharodes (Asch. & Graebn.) Halácsy
- Phleum phleoides var. ciliatum Hayek
- Phleum phleoides var. interruptum (Zabel) Serb. & Nyár.
- Phleum reclinatum Gorter
- Phleum ventricosum Moench
- Plantinia phalaroidea Bubani
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Samuele, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: andora andora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Thomas Engst, 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.