Phleum alpinum L.

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.

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].

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

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