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Bayer Code : brola

Scientific name: Bromus lanceolatus Roth


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Bromus macrostachys (Desf.).

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: large-headed brome

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Großährige Trespe ; ES : barba de macho ; FR : brome à grands épillets ; IT : forasacco lanceolato ; PT : erva-de-pêlo ; EN : large-headed brome ;

Biological type: Annual


Seed snapshot Seed:

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Seedling:

- Shoot rolled, cylindrical leaf sheath.

- Lamina 20-50 times longer than large, leaf more or less hairy.

- Ligule membranous, dentate, auricles absent.


Adult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 20-80 cm. Cespitose.

- Stem straight, glabrous.

- Leaf and leaf sheath hairy. Basal leaf sheath with maroon stripes. Leaf sheath fused for 2/3 of it's length.

- Inflorescence: green or purplish panicle, oblong, erect, always contracted, with short clustered branches, united. Spikelets glabrous or hairy, 25-45 mm tall, lanceolate, erect, 9-17 imbricated flowers, awns bending at maturity.

Species rare in crops.

- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with all other species of

Bromus genus.

- Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Bromus


Ecological profile (click on flags): Spain   Rare     France  Rare     Italy  Present     Portugal  Present    

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