Biology:Phleum phleoides
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Short description: Species of grass
| Phleum phleoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Phleum |
| Species: | P. phleoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst.
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Phleum phleoides (common names: Boehmer's cat's-tail and purple-stem cat's-tail[1]) is a perennial grass native to most of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. Culms are erect and 10–70 centimetres (3.9–27.6 in) in height; leaf blades are 5–12 centimetres (2.0–4.7 in) long by 1–3.5 millimetres (0.039–0.138 in) wide.[2]
It can be confused with related species Timothy-grass, Phleum pratense. However purple-stem cat's-tail prefers lighter soils and grows on chalk downland.[3]
References
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ W.D. Clayton; M. Vorontsova; K.T. Harman; H. Williamson. "GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora". Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew: The Board of Trustees). http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp07981.htm.
- ↑ Reader's Digest Nature Lover's Library Wild Flowers of Britain. Reader's Digest. 1988. p. 430.
Wikidata ☰ Q162583 entry
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