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Timothy

Phleum pratense L.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phleum

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Timothy: Timothy grass ( Phleum pratense L.) in Tiverton
Photo: Blokenearexeter, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (38)
Arabic
عصوية المروج, إفليوم مرجي
arz
افليوم مرجى
Basque
Larre-pleotza
Belarusian
Цімафееўка лугавая
Bulgarian
Ливадна тимотейка
Chinese
梯牧草, 催产草, 猫尾草
cv
Кушак хӳри
Czech
Bojínek luční
Danish
Eng-Rottehale
Dutch
Timoteegras en klein timoteegras, Timoteegras
English
Timothy, Common cat's tail, Meadow cat's tail, Timothy-grass, Meadow timothy
Estonian
Põldtimut
Finnish
Timotei, Nurmitähkiö, Ketotähkilö, Ketotähkiö
French
Fléole des prés
German
Wiesen-Lieschgras, Knolliges Lieschgras
hsb
Łučny pasnik
Hungarian
Mezei komócsin, Réti komócsin
Icelandic
Vallarfoxgras
Igbo
Timothy-grass
Irish
Tiomóid, Féar capaill
Japanese
オオアワガエリ
Korean
큰조아재비, 티머시, 티모시
kw
Lost an gath
Lithuanian
Pašarinis motiejukas
Macedonian
Мачкина опашка
Norwegian Bokmål
Timotei
Persian
لوئیچه چمنی
Polish
Tymotka łąkowa
Romanian
Timoftică, Timoftică de luncă
Russian
Тимофеевка луговая, Тимофеевка
Serbian
Mačji rep
Swedish
Timotej
Tatar
Болын сүсәнәге
Turkish
Kelpkuyruğu
Ukrainian
Тимофіївка лучна
Uzbek
Ajriqbosh
Walloon
Fiole
Welsh
Rhonwellt penfain, Rhonwellt

Synonyms

  • Achnodonton bulbosum (Gouan) J.Woods
  • Panicum pratense var. intermedium Gaudin
  • Phleum alpinum subsp. trabutii Litard. & Maire
  • Phleum bertolonii subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Kerguélen
  • Phleum brachystachyum (Salis) Gamisans, A.T.Romero & C.Morales
  • Phleum bulbosum Gouan
  • Phleum deckeri Roem. ex Trin.
  • Phleum fallax Janka
  • Phleum maximum Pryor
  • Phleum microstachyum Ruiz ex Nym.
  • Phleum microstachyum Ruiz ex Nyman
  • Phleum nodosum L.
  • Phleum nodosum var. pratense (L.) St.-Amans
  • Phleum parnassicum Boiss. & Heldr. ex Nyman
  • Phleum pratense f. alpinoides Norm.
  • Phleum pratense f. bracteatum Asch. & Graebn.
  • Phleum pratense f. elongatum (Schur) Serb. & Nyár.
  • Phleum pratense f. fallax (Janka) Serb. & Nyár.
  • Phleum pratense f. monstrosa Brenner
  • Phleum pratense f. pratense
  • Phleum pratense f. viviparum (Gray) Louis-Marie
  • Phleum pratense subsp. brachystachyum (Salis) Gamisans
  • Phleum pratense subsp. microstachyum (Ruiz ex Nyman) Malag.
  • Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Arcang.
  • Phleum pratense subsp. nodosum (L.) Dumort.
  • Phleum pratense subsp. pratense
  • Phleum pratense subsp. roshevitzii (Pavlov) Tzvelev
  • Phleum pratense subsp. trabutii (Litard. & Maire) Kerguélen
  • Phleum pratense subsp. vulgare (Čelak.) Hyl.
  • Phleum pratense var. armatum Druce
  • Phleum pratense var. brachystachyum Salis
  • Phleum pratense var. caespitosum Neilr.
  • Phleum pratense var. chlorostachyum N.H.F.Desp.
  • Phleum pratense var. elongatum Schur
  • Phleum pratense var. fallax (Janka) C.Klinggr.
  • Phleum pratense var. longiaristatum Parn.
  • Phleum pratense var. longiciliatum Parn.
  • Phleum pratense var. macrochaeton Döll
  • Phleum pratense var. minus Gray
  • Phleum pratense var. nodosum (L.) Schrad.

and 15 more.

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced

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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.