Bromus intermedius Guss.

Brome intermédiaire (fr), Brome divariqué (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Bromus

Characteristics

Annual. Culms erect or obliquely ascending, 20–60 cm tall, glabrous. Leaf sheaths pubescent; leaf blades 5–10 cm × 2–4 mm, flat, scattered pubescent. Panicle lax, 5–10 cm, erect or nodding; branches 1 or 2(–5) per node, slender, recurved, glabrous, each bearing 1–3 spikelets; pedicels about as long as or longer than spikelet. Spikelets lanceolate, 10–15(–25) mm, with curved pubescence; rachilla internodes short, not exposed; glumes unequal, lower glume 4–5 mm, upper glume 6–8 mm; lemmas oblong-lanceolate, 7–9 mm, pubescent, margins narrowly membranous, apex deeply 2-toothed, teeth 2–3 mm; awn 5–9 mm, base slightly flattened and twisted, spreading or recurved; palea shorter than lemma. Anthers ca. 1 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr–Jul. 2n = 14.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.6
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Bromus intermedius world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, China, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palau, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:393789-1
WFO ID wfo-0000855791
COL ID ND3P
BDTFX ID 10822
INPN ID 86642
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Avena lasiantha Bromus alopecuroides Bromus intermedius Bromus requienii Bromus hughi Bromus optimae Serrafalcus hughi Serrafalcus intermedius Bromus hordeaceus var. intermedius Bromus intermedius var. hughii Bromus intermedius var. laevis Bromus intermedius var. polystachya Bromus lanceolatus subsp. intermedius Bromus intermedius var. hughi