{"id":1378643,"date":"2012-06-03T11:46:47","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T11:46:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:14:04","slug":"phleum-alpinum","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/phleum-alpinum\/","title":{"rendered":"Phleum alpinum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Phleum<\/i> alpinum<\/i> L.<\/span><\/a>, Sp. Pl. 59 1753<\/i>. (Syn: Phleum<\/i> alpinum<\/i> var. ambiguum<\/i> Beck<\/span><\/a>\u00a0…………………….; Phleum<\/i> arcticum<\/i> Giesecke ex Lange<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Phleum<\/i> capitatum<\/i> Scop.<\/span><\/a>; Phleum<\/i> commutatum<\/i> Gaudich.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0..; Phleum<\/i> geniculatum<\/i> Bellardi ex Vitman<\/span><\/a>; Phleum<\/i> gerardii<\/i> Panz.<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Phleum<\/i> haenkeanum<\/i> J.Presl<\/span><\/a>; Phleum<\/i> mouterdei<\/i> A.Camus<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Phleum<\/i> nigricans<\/i> Willd. ex Trin.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Phleum<\/i> ovatum<\/i> Jacquem. ex Hook.f.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Phleum<\/i> parviceps<\/i> (Briq.) Rouy<\/span><\/a>; Phleum<\/i> pratense<\/i> subsp. alpinum<\/i> (L.) Asch. & Graebn.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0…; Phleum<\/i> rhaeticum<\/i> (Humphries) Rauschert<\/span><\/a>; Phleum<\/i> subalpinum<\/i> Br\u00fcgger<\/span><\/a>; Phleum<\/i> vaginatum<\/i> Sennen<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Plantinia<\/i> alpina<\/i> (L.) Bubani<\/span><\/a>; Plantinia<\/i> tournefortii<\/i> Bubani<\/span><\/a>);
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Alpine Cat Tail, Alpine timothy
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Phleum alpinum from Gulmarg, Kashmir:
\nPhleum alpinum<\/i> Linn., Sp. Pl. 1:59. 1753.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

syn: <\/span>Phleum<\/i> commutatum<\/i> Gaud.<\/div>\n
Perennial up to 50 cm tall, erect or ascending; Leaf-blade up to 15 cm long, up to 8 mm broad, upper sheaths slightly inflated; panicle compact up to 5 cm long, 7-12 mm broad, usually tinged with purple, ovoid; glumes truncate, with scarious margin, keel fringed, terminating in 1-3 mm long awn; lemma 2\/3 as long as glumes, 3-5-nerved.
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Nice Catch Sir, it <\/span>looks similar to Phalaris minor<\/i> a noxious weed in wheat field in our area<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes … That is a taller annual plant with longer and thicker inflorescence, green in colour.<\/span> This one is perennial, with bluish green inflrescence with reddish tinge and smaller size.<\/span> In fact another species Phleum himalaicum<\/i> looks more similar to Phalaris minor<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Phleum alpinum from Kashmir-GS94<\/a> : Attachments (6). \u00a01 post by 1 author.
\nPhleum alpinum<\/i> Linn., Sp. Pl. 1:59. 1753.<\/span><\/div>\n
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syn: <\/span>Phleum<\/i> commutatum<\/i> Gaud.<\/span><\/div>\n
Perennial up to 50 cm tall, erect or ascending; Leaf-blade up to 15 cm long, up to 8 mm broad, upper sheaths slightly inflated; panicle compact up to 5 cm long, 7-12 mm broad, usually tinged with purple, ovoid; glumes truncate, with scarious margin, keel fringed, terminating in 1-3 mm long awn; lemma 2\/3 as long as glumes, 3-5-nerved.
\n<\/span>Photographed <\/span>from meadows<\/span> in Gulmarg and Apharwat<\/span> in July<\/span><\/div>\n
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VoF Week :: TG :: Phleum alpinum<\/a>:
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Phleum alpinum<\/i> is a perennial grass and the inflorescence is ovoid. This grass found in VoF seems to be an annual and the inflorescence is several times longer than broad. Phleum alpinum<\/i> is also found in the valley, but this one seems to be different. I had also collected this from VoF in 2000 and had placed it under Phleum himalaicum<\/i>, though the description of P.himalaicum<\/i> in different books do not completely match, especially w.r.t. length of awns.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nI had collected both <\/span>Phleum alpinum<\/i> and <\/span>P. himalaicum<\/i> from Kashmir, if the identification is correct they are clearly different from above plant. I am attaching photographs of both here.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Both seems to be <\/span>Phleum alpinum<\/i>. The difference could be mainly because of grazing impact and also of course season, altitude, soil depth, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks … My <\/span>Phleum alpinum<\/i> was collected from altitude of 3300 m, whereas my <\/span>P. himalaicum<\/i> from 1700-1900 m. I wonder if <\/span>P. alpinum<\/i> can grow at such low altitudes, plus this was clearly an annual plant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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