Phleum alpinum

Phleum alpinumpx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Phleinae
Genus: Phleum
Species: Phleum alpinum

Name

Phleum alpinum L., Sp. Pl.: 59 (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Phleum pratense var. alpinum (L.) Schreb. in Beschr. Gräs. 1: 103 (1769)
  • Phleum pratense subsp. alpinum (L.) Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 38 (1867)
  • Plantinia alpina (L.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 272 (1901)
• Heterotypic
  • Phleum alpinum var. ambiguum Beck in Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 55 (1890)
  • Phleum alpinum var. americanum E.Fourn. in Mexic. Pl. 2: 90 (1886)
  • Phleum alpinum f. bracteolatum Dans. in Naturaliste Canad. 72: 142 (1945)
  • Phleum alpinum proles commutatum (Gaudin) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 51 (1913)
  • Phleum alpinum var. commutatum (Gaudin) Boiss. in Fl. Orient. 5: 484 (1884)
  • Phleum alpinum subsp. commutatum (Gaudin) K.Richt. in Pl. Eur. 1: 36 (1890)
  • Phleum alpinum var. foliosum Reut. in Cat. Pl. Vasc. Genèv., éd. 2: 229 (1861)
  • Phleum alpinum var. nigricans Schur in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 16 (1858)
  • Phleum alpinum proles parviceps (Briq.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 51 (1913)
  • Phleum alpinum var. parviceps Briq. in Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 81 (1910)
  • Phleum alpinum subsp. rhaeticum Humphries in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 76: 339 (1978)
  • Phleum alpinum var. scribnerianum Pomel in Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 7: 238 (1899)
  • Phleum alpinum var. subcapitatum Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 728 (1866)
  • Phleum alpinum f. subcapitatum (Schur) Serb. & Nyár. in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 124 (1972)
  • Phleum alpinum var. tenue Trin. in Sp. Gram. 1: t. 22 (1824), pro syn.
  • Phleum arcticum Giesecke ex Lange in Consp. Fl. Groenland. 1: 155 (1880), pro syn.
  • Phleum capitatum Scop. in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 56 (1771)
  • Phleum commutatum Gaudin in Alpina 3: 4 (1808)
  • Phleum commutatum var. americanum (E.Fourn.) Hultén in Ark. Bot., a.s., 7(1): 9 (1967 publ. 1968)
  • Phleum geniculatum Bellardi ex Vitman in Summa Pl. 1: 176 (1789)
  • Phleum gerardii Panz. in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. 29: [s.p.] (1810), nom. illeg.
  • Phleum haenkeanum J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 245 (1830)
  • Phleum mouterdei A.Camus in J. Agric. Trop. Bot. Appl. 2: 203 (1955), nom. superfl.
  • Phleum nigricans Willd. ex Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 6(2, Bot.): 123 (1840), pro syn.
  • Phleum ovatum Jacquem. ex Hook.f. in Fl. Brit. India 7: 237 (1896), pro syn.
  • Phleum parviceps (Briq.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 51 (1913)
  • Phleum subalpinum Brügger in Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens, n.f., 31(Beil.): 195 (1887-1888 publ. 1888)
  • Phleum vaginatum Sennen in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 405 (1927), nom. nud.
  • Plantinia tournefortii Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 273 (1901)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere to South America Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Iceland, Idaho, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Manchuria, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Mongolia, Montana, Nepal, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South Georgia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 59. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Phleum alpinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Phleum alpinum. Published online. Accessed: December 22 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Phleum alpinum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 
• IUCN: Phleum alpinum L.  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

• dansk: Fjeld-Rottehale
• Deutsch: Alpen-Lieschgras
• English: Alpine Catstail or Alpine Timothy
• suomi: Pohjantähkiö
• עברית: איטן האלפים
• íslenska: Fjallafoxgras
• polski: Tymotka alpejska

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