Phleum phleoides

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

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|image = Phleum phleoides - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8578.JPG

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|genus = Phleum

|species = phleoides

|authority = (L.) H. Karst.

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Phleum phleoides (common names: Boehmer's cat's-tail and purple-stem cat's-tail{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }}) is a perennial grass native to most of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. Culms are erect and {{convert|10|–|70|cm}} in height; leaf blades are {{convert|5|–|12|cm}} long by {{convert|1|–|3.5|mm}} wide.{{cite journal|url=http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp07981.htm|title= GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora|author=W.D. Clayton |author2=M. Vorontsova |author2-link=Maria Vorontsova (botanist)|author3=K.T. Harman |author4=H. Williamson|publisher=The Board of Trustees|journal=Royal Botanic Gardens|place=Kew}}

It can be confused with related species Timothy-grass, Phleum pratense. However purple-stem cat's-tail prefers lighter soils and grows on chalk downland.{{cite book|title= Reader's Digest Nature Lover's Library Wild Flowers of Britain|publisher=Reader's Digest|page=430|year=1988}}