Page authors: Don Knoke, David Giblin
Bromus commutatus
meadow brome
Specimens
Photos

Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Waste ground, meadows, and roadsides.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Wind

Description:
General:

Annual, the culms 2-9 dm. tall, erect.

Leaves:

Sheaths closed, covered with spreading, soft hairs; ligules 0.5-1.5 mm. long; blades flat, hairy, 2-5 mm. broad.

Flowers:

Inflorescence a loose panicle 7-15 cm. long, the branches ascending to spreading, the pedicles longer than the spikelets; spikelets 5- to 9-flowered, oblong-lanceolate, flattened, 13-20 mm. long; first glume 5-7 mm. long, 3-nerved, the second slightly longer, 7-nerved; lemmas 9-10 mm. long with awns 4-10 mm. long from a bifid apex; paleas 1-2 mm. shorter.

Accepted Name:
Bromus commutatus Schrad.
Publication: Fl. Germ. 353. 1806. 1806.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Bromus commutatus Schrad. var. apricorum Simonk.
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Bromus commutatus in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Bromus commutatus checklist entry

OregonFlora: Bromus commutatus information

E-Flora BC: Bromus commutatus atlas page

CalPhotos: Bromus commutatus photos

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