Family: Poaceae
Bromus rubens
Citation:
L., Cent. 1 Pl. 5 (1755).
Synonymy: -Anisantha rubens (L.)Nevski, Acta Univ. As. Med. set. 8b, Bot. fasc. 17:21 (1934).
, Bromus madritensis Common name: Red brome.
Description:
Annual to 15-40 (rarely 60) mm high with stems pubescent below the panicle; leaves flat, hairy, c. 70 x 2-3 mm; sheaths pubescent or rarely hairy.
Panicle becoming reddish-brown, mostly dense, 35-70 x 24-45 mm, and usually becoming cuneate at the base; panicle branches short, stiff, pubescent or hairy, the branches in half whorls of up to 7, each with 1-5 clustered spikelets; spikelets slightly pubescent or hairy; lower glume to 6.5-7.5 mm, 1-nerved, subulate; the upper 1-12.5 mm long, narrow-lanceolate, with 3 prominent nerves; lemma often curved outwards, 3-5-nerved, 13.5-16.5 x 2-2.5 mm, with wide hyaline margins and apical teeth to 4 mm; awn inserted 5-6 mm below the tip of the lemma, often slightly divaricate, slender and 13-18.5 mm long; palea much narrower than the lemma.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 70.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE. All mainland States except the N.T.. Native to southern Europe; introduced into North America.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: July — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Uses:
Provides some early feed for livestock on poor sandy soils inland from the coast.
Author:
Not yet available
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