Phleum alpinum

Phleum alpinum is a species of grass known by the common names alpine cat's-tail,^[1] alpine timothy^[2] and mountain timothy.^[3]

Phleum alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Phleum
Species:	P. alpinum
Binomial name
Phleum alpinum L.

Distribution

Phleum alpinum has a circumboreal distribution, inhabiting northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere, as well as extending down through the Americas to southern South America. It can be found on islands in the subantarctic region such as South Georgia Island, on which it is one of the most common plant species.^[4]

Phleum alpinum, clumps at 11,000 ft (3,400 m) in the Sierra Nevada USA

Description

Phleum alpinum is a perennial bunchgrass forming loose clumps 20 to 60 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a cylindrical to oval mass of spikelets up to 6 centimeters long and 1.2 wide.