Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Phleum// Species: Phleum alpinum L.
Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).
Distribution: Native from Subarctic and Temperate Northern Hemisphere to Guatemala; South America – Chile and Argentina; South Georgia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Grasslands, pastures, edges of forests in the subalpine belt.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – flowering stems. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – stem with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – leaf and ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – leaf and ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – leaf and ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – leaf lamina. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – stem node. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – stem node. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Phleum alpinum – lower part of plant. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.