Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Bayer Code : broma
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Anisantha madritensis (L.) Nevski.
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: compact brome
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Madritensis-Trespe ; ES : bromo madritense ; FR : brome de Madrid ; IT : forasacco dei muri ; PT : espadana ; EN : compact brome ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Rolled shoot, cylindrical leaf sheath.
- Lamina 20-50 times longer than large, leaf more or less hairy.
- Ligule membranous, dentate, auricles absent.
- Height: 10-50 cm. Cespitose.
- Stem slender.
- Leaves flat, more or less hairy on both faces and on leaf sheath, elongated, pointed. Leaf sheath fused to 2/3 of it's length.
- Inflorescence slightly slack and erect, slightly inclined at the end, ramose, erect or flat, 2-5, generally short and unequal, 2-3 spikelets. Spikelets 3-5 cm long, fan shaped with red-purplish awns, slender 7-12 florets with unequal glumes (right awn equal size to glume).
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with all other species of Bromus genus.
- Biological type: annual.
Mistake with: Bromus
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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