Phleum alpinum
L. (redirected from: Phleum commutatum Gaudin)
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Family: Poaceae
alpine timothy , more...Mountain Timothy, Fleole Alpine, Phleole Alpine
[ Phleum alpinum subsp. commutatum (Gaudin) Hultén , more, Phleum alpinum var. americanum E. Fourn., Phleum alpinum var. commutatum (Gaudin) Griseb., Phleum alpinum var. scribnerianum Pammel, Phleum alpinum var. tenue Trin., Phleum arcticum Gieseck ex Lange, Phleum commutatum Gaudin, Phleum commutatum var. americanum (Fourn.) Hultén, Phleum commutatum var. commutatum Gaudin, Phleum haenkeanum J. Presl, Phleum pratense subsp. alpinum (L.) Celak., Phleum pratense var. alpinum (L.) Schreb.] |
Common Name: alpine timothy Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Graminoid Synonyms: Phleum alpinum var. commutatum, Phleum commutatum Tufted, 2-5 dm, the culms smooth at the summit, the base not bulbous, but tending to be decumbent or shortly creeping; upper sheaths distended, especially near their middle; blades usually 3-6 mm wide, rough-margined; infl ellipsoid to thick-cylindric, 1-5 cm נ8-12 mm; glumes 2.5-3.5 mm, hispid-ciliate on the keel, tipped with an awn 1.5-3 mm, the thin margins usually purple; 2n=14, 28. Wet meadows and bogs; circumboreal at high latitudes, s. to the mts. of New England, and in n. Mich. and throughout the western cordillera; also in the colder parts of the s. hemisphere.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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