Phleum pratense

Also known as timothy, meadow cat's tail, common cat's tail, Timothy-grass

species of grass

Species

Least Concern

common timothy

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae

Habitatbrackish

Native toAlbania, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Corse

Observations recorded616,009

猫尾草（学名：Phleum pratense）又叫梯牧草、提摩草、提摩西草（Timothy-grass），是一种多年生禾本科植物，原产于除地中海地区外的欧洲大部分地方。猫尾草生长高度约50至150厘米，叶可长达45厘米、宽达1厘米，花连带密集的小穗有7至15厘米长、8至10毫米宽。猫尾草常与狐尾草（Alopecurus pratensis）、假梯牧草（Phleum phleoides）相混淆。猫尾草大概是根据提摩西·汉森（Timothy Hanson）的名字命名的，据说他在18世纪将猫尾草从新英格兰引入到美国南部各州。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 13,017
With media: 9,281
Family: Poaceae
Collections: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, IB-CUCBA-UDG, CP, QUE
Recorded in: United States, Mexico, Canada

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Encyclopedic overview

Timothy (Phleum pratense) is a species of perennial grass native to most of Europe and northern and western Asia. It is also known as timothy-grass, meadow cat's-tail or common cat's-tail. It is a member of the genus Phleum, which consists of 17 species of annual and perennial grasses.

It is probably named after Timothy Hanson, a British farmer and agriculturalist said to have introduced it from New England to the southern United States in the early 18th century. Upon his recommendation it became a major source of hay and cattle fodder to British farmers in the mid-18th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phleum pratense” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.