Phleum alpinum

Phleum alpinum is a species of grass known by the common name alpine timothy. It has a circumboreal distribution, inhabiting northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere, as well as extending down through the Americas to southern South America. It can be found on islands in the subantarctic region such as South Georgia Island, on which it is one of the most common plant species. It is a perennial grass forming loose clumps 20 to 60 centimeters tall. The flower cluster is a cylindrical to oval mass of spikelets up to 6 centimeters long and 1.2 wide.