| Scientific name: | Phleum pratense L. | |
| Synonym name: | Phleum nodosum L., Phleum pratense ssp. nodosum (L.) Arcang., Phleum pratense var. nodosum (L.) | |
| Swedish name: | Timotej | |
| German name: | Wiesen-Lieschgras | |
| Nederlandse naam: | Timoteegras | |
| English name: | Timothy-grass | |
| Plant Family: | Poaceae / Gramineae, True grasses, Gräs |
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| Life form: | Graminoid (grasses) | |
| Stems: | Unbranched culm, light green, hairless, and terete (round in cross-section); the nodes of the culm are green and glabrous. | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, dull green to greyish blue, hairless, flat, and linear; margins, scabrous, while the base of each leaf blade is usually more wide than the culm; culm terminates in a spike-like panicle of florets. | |
| Flowers: | Spikes are 2 ½ to 13 cm long, very condensed, cylindrical, and 6 to 9 ½ mm thick. Spikelets are one-flowered, compressed, and green or often purple-tipped. | |
| Flowering Period: | june, July | |
| Fruits: | Grains ripen, and the cylindrical panicles of spikelets become light brown. | |
| Habitat: | Throughout the country |
Derivation of the botanical name: Phleum, Greek phleos, an ancient name for a kind of rush or reed. pratense, refers to its habitat, moist meadows. nodosum, with conspicuous nodes.
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