Phleum pratense
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Overview
- Appearance
- Phleum pratense is a perennial bunchgrass, growing 2 to 3.5 ft. (0.61-1.1 m) tall, with a swollen or bulblike base, without rhizomes. It starts growth in early spring.
- Foliage
- Glabrous, distinctly veined on blade and sheath; blades flat to somewhat keeled, 4 to 8 in. (10.2– 20.3 cm) long, up to 0.38 in. (0.95 cm) wide, tapering toward the tip, with midrib prominent on upper surface; leaves rolled in buds.
- Flowers
- The flowers occur from May to August. White little petals appears and the flower head is 2.8 to 5.9 in. (7-15 cm) long.
- Fruit
- The seeds are dense, cylindrical, symmetrical spike-like panicle, 2 to 5 in. (5-12.7 cm) long. The seeds have little hairs on them.
- Ecological Threat
- Phleum pratense will over take roadsides and abandoned fields but it requires larges amounts of nutrients from the soil.
