Field brome
Bromus arvensis
Synonyms: Bromus fragilis, Bromus arvensis var. pubiflorus, Bromus arvensis var. hyalinus, Bromus arvensis var. giganteus, Bromus mollis var. leptostachyus, Bromus arvensis subvar. depauperatus, Bromus arvensis var. nutans, Serrafalcus billotii, Bromus arvensis f. umbrosus, Bromus arvensis var. verticillatus, Bromus arvensis var. compactus, Bromus arvensis subsp. parviflorus, Serrafalcus arvensis var. pubescens, Serrafalcus duvalii, Serrafalcus arvensis var. pilosus, Bromus billotii, Bromus arvensis subsp. hyalinus, Bromus arvensis f. degeneri, Bromus arvensis var. intermedius, Bromus arvensis var. fragilis, Bromus arvensis var. recurvatus, Bromus arvensis var. oliganthos, Bromus arvensis var. diffusus, Bromus arvensis var. degeneri, Bromus arvensis var. typicus, Bromus versicolor, Bromus arvensis var. sericostachys, Bromus arvensis var. velutinus, Bromus ventolana, Bromus mollissimus, Bromus arvensis splendens, Bromus arvensis subsp. splendens, Bromus arvensis var. turcicus, Bromus arvensis var. versicolor, Bromus arvensis f. flavescens, Bromus phragmitoides, Bromus arvensis var. triflorus, Forasaccus arvensis, Bromus arvensis subvar. violaceus, Bromus arvensis subsp. segetalis, Bromus hyalinus, Avena arvensis, Bromus arvensis f. compactus, Bromus arvensis var. depauperatus, Bromus arvensis f. puberulus, Bromus arvensis f. diffusus, Bromus spiculitenuata, Serrafalcus arvensis, Bromus arvensis var. splendens, Bromus arvensis f. violaceus, Bromus splendens, Serrafalcus verticillatus, Bromus secalinus subsp. billotii, Bromus arvensis var. inermis, Bromus verticillatus, Bromus arvensis var. laxus, Bromus secalinus var. billotii
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Botanical Description
Bromus arvensis is an annual grass of the Poaceae family growing 30-100 cm tall with erect or geniculate culms arising from a tufted base. Leaf blades are flat, 2-6 mm wide, soft, and sparsely hairy on both surfaces; the leaf sheaths are conspicuously pubescent with downward-pointing hairs, and the ligule is short and membranous with a fringed margin. The inflorescence is a large, open, nodding panicle 10-25 cm long with long, slender, drooping branches that often radiate widely from the rachis and bear pendulous spikelets toward the tips. Spikelets are lanceolate, 12-20 mm long, often flushed purplish, with 5-10 florets; lemmas are smooth, broadly elliptic, 7-9 mm long, rounded on the back, and bear a straight slender awn 7-12 mm long arising near the apex. A widely naturalised weed of cereal fields, fallow ground, waste places, and roadsides across temperate Eurasia, the species flowers from May to July.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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