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Phleum arenarium L.

Sand timothy (en), Fléole des sables (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Phleum

Characteristics

Annual. Culms slender, 1–15 (–30) cm high. Leaves scattered along culms; ligule to 7 mm long; blade 0.5–6 cm long, to 4 mm wide, glabrous. Panicles 0.5–5 cm long. Spikelets 3–4 mm long. Glumes 3–4 mm long, acuminate to acute, firmly membranous, 2 or 3-nerved; midnerve hirsute above middle, with hairs short, stiff, spreading. Lemma 1.5–2 mm long, entire, muticous, dorsally rounded, 5–7-nerved, puberulous. Palea equalling lemma, dorsally rounded. Anthers 0.3–1 mm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.03 - 0.2
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-9
Soil texture 4-6
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Phleum arenarium leaf picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Phleum arenarium flower picture by Steef Steeneken (cc-by-sa)
Phleum arenarium flower picture by norbert verneau (cc-by-sa)
Phleum arenarium flower picture by Patrick Nard (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Phleum arenarium fruit picture by Alain Lagrave (cc-by-sa)
Phleum arenarium fruit picture by Paul Lm (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Phleum arenarium world distribution map, present in Australia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Palau, Portugal, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:415780-1
WFO ID wfo-0000889970
COL ID 4GFXB
BDTFX ID 48908
INPN ID 113178
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Achnodon arenarius Achnodonton arenarium Phalaris arenaria Plantinia arenaria Crypsis arenaria Chilochloa arenaria Phalaris phleoides Poa arenaria Phleum arenarium subsp. caesium Phleum arenarium
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