Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : broca
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Bromus willdenowii (Kunth), Bromus unioloides (Willd.) Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P. de Beauvois
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: rescue brome
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Pampas-Trespe ; ES : cebadilla ; FR : brome cathartique ; IT : forasacco purgativo ; PT : bromo-de-Schraber ; EN : rescue brome ;
Biological type: Annual, Perennial
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- Shoot rolled, cylindrical leaf sheath.
- Lamina 20-50 times longer than wide, leaf more or less hairy.
- Ligule membranous, dentate, auricles absent.
-Height: 50-80 cm. Cespitose.
- Stem erect.
- Leaves green slightly yellow, flat, 6-12 mm large, without hair, elongated. adult plant hairy although attenuated and almost shiny underneath, fused leaf sheath; with anthocyan. Leaf sheath fused on 2/3 of it's length.
- Inflorescence: panicle, clustered branches more or less numerous but very elongated, 1 or 2 at each node, each can bear ten spikelets. Spikelets of 3 cm, very flattened, highly carinate underneath and terminated by shorter awn often reduced or mucronate.
- Fruits dehiscent releases seed about 9 mm; caryopsis hairy on top. Glume with highly ciliate raceme, slightly extending over half the lemma.
- Fodder plant very productive, consumed by animals when green because the hay is hard and of bad quality. Introduced as a cover plant.
- Risk of confusion with seedling stage with all others species of Bromus genus
- Biological type: annual to perennial.
Mistake with: Bromus
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
Present
