Phleum

This page is about the genus of grasses. Phleum is also the name of a Roman site now in Velsen, Netherlands.

Phleum (timothy) is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family. The genus is native to Europe, Asia and north Africa, with one species (P. alpinum) also in North and South America.

They are tufted grasses growing to 20-150 cm tall, with cylindrical, spike-like panicles containing many densely packed spikelets.