Phleum alpinum L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Phleum// Species: Phleum alpinum L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Humphries in Tutin et al. (1980).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

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:  Clearings of European beech forests and subalpine pastures.

Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.

Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – habit. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – inflorescence. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – stem and upper leaf. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – stems and leaves. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – stems and lover leaves. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – lower part of flowering stems and vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region, 09.06.2024. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – habit. Specimen from Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region. Scale in cm/mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – inflorescense and spikelets. Specimen from Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – stem, leaf lamina and leaf sheath. Specimen from Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – rhizome and vegetative shoot. Specimen from Osogovo – Mrtvica, Mrtvichki rid region. Scale in mm. 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 – 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 – stems with leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – stem, leaf and ligule. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – abaxial side of leaf (left) and stem nodes (center and right). Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Phleum alpinum – lower part of plant – stems and leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 28.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Phleum alpinum L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415775-1 [Accessed 05.06.2022].

Phleum L. Humphries, C.J. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 239 – 241.

Last update: 18.10.2025.