Heath false brome

Brachypodium pinnatum

Family: Poaceae Genus: Brachypodium Species: pinnatum

Synonyms: Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabrescens, Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. villosum, Tragus pinnatus, Brachypodium corniculatum, Brachypodium juzepczukii, Brachypodium rupestre f. scholzii, Brachypodium pinnatum f. leiostachys, Triticum bromoides, Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabrum, Bromus pinnatus var. gracilis, Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. rupestre, Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. megastachyum, Bromus cespitosus, Brachypodium pinnatum var. genuense, Festuca pinnata, Triticum pinnatum var. hispidum, Brachypodium contractum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. rupestre, Brachypodium barrelieri, Brachypodium setifolium, Bromus pinnatus, Brachypodium pinnatum var. collinum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. cespitosum, Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. juzepczukii, Bromus tigurinus, Brachypodium rupestre var. setifolium, Brachypodium pinnatum var. villosissimum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. ligulatum, Agropyron pinnatum, Agropyron gracile, Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. gracile, Brachypodium pinnatum var. pubescens, Brachypodium constrictum, Brachypodium pinnatum f. cespitosum, Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. rupestre, Brachypodium genuense, Brachypodium pinnatum var. glomeratum, Avena laeta, Bromus pinnatus var. tigurinus, Festuca barrelieri, Brachypodium pinnatum var. villosum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. brevius, Brachypodium intermedium, Triticum barrelieri, Brachypodium cespitosum, Brachypodium abbreviatum, Brachypodium pinnatum f. minus, Brachypodium pinnatum f. pubescens, Brachypodium pinnatum var. abbreviatum, Triticum pinnatum var. hirsutum, Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. glabrum, Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. caespitosum, Festuca genuensis, Brachypodium rupestre, Brachypodium pinnatum var. glaucum, Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. ligulatum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabratum, Brachypodium rupestre subsp. cespitosum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. setifolium, Brachypodium caespitosum var. collinum, Bromus corniculatus, Triticum pinnatum var. compositum, Brachypodium tenoreanum, Triticum pinnatum, Bromus gracilis var. pauper, Festuca pinnata var. glabra, Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. gracile, Brachypodium pinnatum f. setifolium, Festuca rupestris, Brachypodium rupestre f. abbreviatum, Triticum genuense, Brachypodium pinnatum var. megastachyum, Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. glaucovirens, Brachypodium hickelis, Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. glabrescens, Triticum pinnatum var. corniculatum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. minus, Brachypodium pinnatum var. hispidum, Triticum pinnatum var. abbreviatum, Brachypodium pinnatum f. patens, Brachypodium pinnatum var. macedonicum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. bracteatum, Brachypodium pinnatum f. collinum, Brachypodium tenerum, Brachypodium ponticum, Brachypodium pinnatum var. barrelieri, Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. cespitosum, Bromus rupestris

Heath false brome (en)

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Botanical Description

Brachypodium pinnatum, the tor-grass or heath false brome, is a tufted, far-creeping perennial grass spreading by long rhizomes to form extensive patches 30 to 120 cm tall. The leaf blades are stiff, flat to inrolled, yellowish-green, and fringed with hairs, often rough to the touch. The inflorescence is a stiff, erect, narrow, almost unbranched spike-like raceme bearing several large, cylindrical, many-flowered spikelets arranged alternately and pressed close to the axis on very short stalks; the lemmas carry short awns. Native to Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia, tor-grass grows on dry, base-rich calcareous grassland, scrub edges, and chalk and limestone slopes, where its vigorous rhizomatous growth allows it to form dense, often dominant swards.

Native Region: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

225867

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