【Objective】 The grassland ecosystem of the Qinghai ‐ Tibet Plateau (QTP) plays a very important role in the process of global change. Flowering is an indispensable part of plant reproduction. It affects the fitness of in‐ dividual plants by acting on pollination,seed dispersal,seed germination and seedling settlement. Therefore,the flow‐ ering phenology of plants is an important indicator of the ecosystem,While temperature and moisture are important factors affecting flowering phenology. Clarifying the impact mechanism of hydrothermal change on the flowering phe‐ nology of grassland plants on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau is helpful to understand the adaptation and diffusion mecha‐ nism of organisms under complex climatic and environmental conditions,as well as has important practical signifi‐ cance for the response mechanism to climate change for plants.【Method】 This paper summarized the recent research trends,contents and progress of flowering phenology for grassland plants on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau,including: 【Result】(1) observation of flowering phenology;(2) changes in flowering phenology;(3) the response of flowering phenology to hydrothermal change (4) and explanation of related mechanisms of phenological changes for flowering. 【Conclusion】 In addition,we also discussed the main problems in current research and finally put forward the future development direction of the flowering phenology on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau.