Bromus porteri |
Bromus sterilis |
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poverty brome, sterile brome |
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Habit | Plants annual, 35–100 cm tall. | |
Culms | glabrous. |
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Leaves | sheaths densely pubescent; blades 4–20 cm × 1–6 mm; hairy on both surfaces. |
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Inflorescences | 10–20 × 5–12 cm; open, nodding; branches spreading, usually longer than the spikelets, with 1–2 spikelets. |
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Spikelets | 20– 35 mm, moderately laterally compressed, with 5–9 florets. |
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Glumes | smooth or scabrous; lower glumes 8–10 mm, 1(3)-veined; upper glumes 12–15 mm, 3(5)-veined. |
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Lemmas | 14–20 mm, narrowly lanceolate, pubescent or puberulent, 7(9)-veined; margins hyaline; tips acuminate; bifid, with teeth 0.2–3 mm, awned; lemma awns 15–30 mm; straight. |
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Anthers | 1–1.4 mm. |
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2n | =42, 56. |
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Bromus porteri |
Bromus sterilis |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Dry disturbed areas, overgrazed rangeland, disturbed grasslands. 0–1700m. Casc, Col, CR, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; north to British Columbia, east to CO and TX, eastern North America; Europe. Exotic. This weedy brome with its long, dangling awns is very similar to B. diandrus except that it is more delicate with its smaller glumes, lemmas, and awns. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 373 Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting |
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