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Bayer Code : broru

Scientific name: Bromus rubens L.


Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: foxtail brome

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Rote Trespe ; ES : plumerillo rojo ; FR : brome rougeâtre ; IT : forasacco purpureo ; PT : ; EN : foxtail brome ;

Biological type: Annual


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: 20-60 cm. Cespitose.

- Stem rarely glabrous, covered by short and not scabrous hairs.

- Leaf with lamina covered with short hair on 2 sides. Lamina margin is particularly scabrous. Leaf sheath fused upto 2/3 of it's length.

- Very contracted inflorescence, dense, with branches clustered, all very short (less than 1 cm) and erect. Lemma of 10-130 mm bearing bent awn.

- - Risk of confusion at seedling stage with all others species of Bromus genus.

- Biological type: annual.

Mistake with: Bromus


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

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