Meadow brome
Bromus erectus
Synonyms: Bromus erectus var. borbasii, Bromopsis zangezura, Bromopsis erecta subsp. gordjaginii, Bromopsis caprina, Bromus erectus var. versicolor, Bromus erectus var. wildtii, Bromus erectus var. subvillosus, Zerna microchaeta, Bromus caprinus, Festuca fagetina, Bromopsis permixta, Bromus erectus var. glabriflorus, Bromus erectus f. angustifolius, Bromus erectus var. velutinus, Bromus erectus var. piliferus, Bromus erectus var. contractus, Bromus erectus var. hirsutus, Forasaccus erectus, Bromus dolichostachys, Bromus erectus var. pubiflorus, Bromus erectus var. glabrescens, Bromopsis transsilvanica, Bromopsis erecta, Zerna angustifolia, Bromopsis erecta subsp. microchaeta, Bromus permixtus, Bromus erectus var. pseudoverticillatus, Bromus erectus subsp. transsilvanicus, Bromus erectus var. pauciflorus, Bromus erectus var. glaber, Zerna erecta subsp. alexeenkoi, Bromus erectus var. pubiculmis, Bromus erectus var. rohlenae, Bromus erectus subvar. montenegrinus, Bromus erectus var. transsilvanicus, Bromus stenophyllus, Bromus erectus var. pycnotrichus, Bromus erectus var. glabratus, Bromus erectus var. pubescens, Bromus erectus var. suberectus, Bromus erectus subsp. uniculmis, Bromus erectus subsp. caprearum, Bromopsis alexeenkoi, Bromus pseudoarvensis, Zerna erecta, Bromus erectus var. argillaceus, Bromus erectus var. dissolutus, Bromus erectus var. roxolanicus, Bromus erectus var. anisophyllus, Bromopsis stenophylla, Bromus longiflorus, Bromopsis erecta subsp. longiflora, Zerna erecta subsp. gordjaginii, Bromus erectus var. genuinus, Bromus microchaetus, Bromopsis aspera, Bromus transsilvanicus var. montenegrinus, Bromus erectus var. racemifer, Bromus erectus subsp. longiflorus, Bromus perennis, Festuca bromiformis, Bromus erectus var. tricolor, Zerna permixta, Bromus erectus var. macrostachys, Bromus erectus subvar. leiostachys, Bromus erectus subsp. euerectus, Bromus erectus var. glabra, Festuca montana var. villosa, Bromus erectus var. pygmaeus, Bromus erectus subvar. angustifolius, Bromus erectus var. scaber, Bromus erectus var. flaccidus, Bromus erectus var. longispiculatus, Schedonorus erectus var. suberectus, Bromus glabriflorus, Bromus pubiflorus, Bromus condensatus var. australis, Bromus erectus var. glaucus, Bromus erectus var. arvensis, Bromus erectus f. viviparus, Bromus erectus var. inermiformis, Festuca hirta, Bromus erectus var. angustifolius, Schedonorus laxus, Bromus erectus var. depauperatus, Festuca drymeja var. fagetina, Bromus erectus var. caprinus, Bromopsis microchaeta, Bromus erectus var. villosus, Bromus erectus var. glabrifolius, Bromus odoratus, Bromus collinus, Bromus erectus var. fasciculatus, Bromus erectus subsp. permixtus, Bromus angustifolius, Bromus erectus var. purpurascens, Bromus erectus f. humilis, Bromus erectus var. typicus, Bromopsis erecta subsp. transylvanicus, Bromopsis erecta subsp. alexeenkoi, Bromus erectus var. fallax, Bromus macounii, Bromus bertolae, Bromus erectus subsp. suberectus, Schedonorus erectus, Bromus erectus var. nutans, Bromus caprearum, Bromus erectus var. longiflorus, Bromopsis erecta subsp. stenophylla, Bromus erectus subsp. multiflorus, Serrafalcus pratensis, Bromus erectus var. racemiflorus, Bromus erectus subsp. microchaetus, Bromus erectus var. gracilis, Bromus transsilvanicus var. angustifolius, Bromus erectus var. trichanthus, Bromus erectus var. lingiaristatus, Bromus agrestis, Bromus erectus var. planifolius, Bromopsis gordjaginii, × Bromofestuca cojocnensis, Bromopsis erecta subsp. permixta, Bromus erectus subsp. stenophyllus, Zerna transsilvanica, Bromus subrectus, Bromus erectus var. trachystachys, Bromus arvensis, Bromus erectus var. stenophyllus
Botanical Description
Bromus erectus, the upright brome, is a densely tufted perennial grass forming stiff, erect clumps 40 to 120 cm tall, without rhizomes. The basal leaves are narrow, inrolled, stiff, and conspicuously fringed with long hairs on the margins, while the stem leaves are flatter and shorter. The inflorescence is a stiffly erect, narrow panicle with short, ascending branches bearing several large, flattened, many-flowered spikelets that are often tinged purplish. Each lemma carries a short straight awn. Native to Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, upright brome is a characteristic grass of dry, base-rich calcareous grassland, chalk downland, and limestone slopes, where it can be locally dominant and is valued as a component of species-rich grassland.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
None Documented
Chemistry & External Identifiers
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