Phleum phleoides

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

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

Phleum phleoides (L.) H.Karst.
References

Deut. Fl. 374. 1880
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Phleum phleoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
suomi: Helpitähkiö
Nederlands: Kalkdoddegras

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

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. 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.
Readers Digest Nature Lover's Library Wild Flowers of Britain. Reader's Digest. 1988. p. 430.