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Phleum alpinum
Also called Alpine Cat's Tail, Mountain Timothy, Alpine Catstail Or Alpine Timothy
Alpine timothy (Phleum alpinum) is a hardy perennial bunchgrass from cool northern and mountain regions, forming loose clumps 20 to 60 cm tall. It is grown mainly as a cold-tolerant ornamental or forage grass and does best in cool, moist conditions.
Phleum alpinum is a species of grass known by the common names alpine cat's-tail, alpine timothy and mountain timothy.
Phleum alpinum has a circumboreal distribution, inhabiting northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere, as well as extending down through the Americas to southern South America. It can be found on islands in the subantarctic region such as South Georgia Island, on which it is one of the most common plant species.
Sand timothy · Smaller Cat's-tail · Boehmer's cat's-tail · Timothy · Timothy
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phleum alpinum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
