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Phleum alpinum

mountain Timothy
Habit Tufted perennials, the culms 1.5-5 dm. tall, often decumbent
Leaves

Sheaths open, glabrous;

auricles small or lacking;

ligules 1-3 mm. long, truncate and entire;

blades flat, 4-7 mm. broad, scabrous on the margins.
Flowers

Inflorescence a spike-like, cylindric panicle 1-4.5 cm. long;

spikelets 1-flowered, strongly flattened;

glumes pubescent, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, with a stout, terminal awn 1.5-2.5 mm. long;

lemmas thin, 2-2.5 mm. long, puberulent, with 5 nerves prolonged into short teeth;

palea subequal to the lemma, 2-nerved.

Phleum alpinum
Flowering time June-August
Habitat Streambanks and meadows at higher elevations.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Great Plains, also in northeastern North America.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. pratense
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